Post if you hate ticks

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I hate ticks too. I found one in my hair crawling around last week, pulled it out and I was like OMG a TICK! Fortunately we don't have too many around here, I've only seen 2 on my dog and one on me in the last 3 years. The chickens & turkeys help.

 

[Stacykins]

The ticks are the WORST right now. I can't imagine a year I've had such a problem with them! Frontline on the dogs does absolutely nothing to deter. The one who gets it the worst is a hound mix, we yank ticks off of her after each short walk, the max has been five in one go! I have a pint jar with a few inches of rubbing alcohol that I deposit all the ticks that come off of people or dogs. I plan to count them once the tick season is over. I have so many collected already, both deer ticks and wood ticks.

I have chickens, and last year they made a nice dent in the tick population. This year, they can't keep up. And I am not a big fan of guineas, so I am not getting any of them.

 

[Royd Wood]

Just to clarify - we have over 100 layer chickens free ranging and muscovy ducks. Other years just a few but this year we have thousands of ticks maybe due to the mild winter - they are everywhere in epademic proportions