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I've been reading some about raising guinea fowl to control tick population. We're sick of picking ticks off of my pets and ourselves. Now, my husband has Lyme disease!!!!! Have any of you tried guinea fowl? I've read they have a voracious appetite for ticks.
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TF
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My lyme doc recommended them to me, but I never tried them.
I understand they are noisy, so your neighbors won't like them.
There was a thread a good while back on this topic. Try looking up the word "guinea" and you will find the person who had them and said they were great, and funny too!
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My husband had already spoke to our neighbor some time ago about the guinea fowl to see if they would mind. (We heard they were noisy, too, and didn't want to make an enemy). He said he wouldn't mind them...and now that my husband has been diagnosed with LD, I'm thinking the neighbors might welcome them. We may try them...and if it doesn't work out we can find them new homes.
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Leelee
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We live out in the country and some people up the road from us got a bunch of them to keep the ticks away.
They put the coop and the pen right up next to the house which seems unsanitary to me but I am a germaphobe. I have never heard any commotion from them when I pass their house, but we live in an isolated area with lots of forest around so maybe that blocks the sound.
They have had these guinea hens for a few years so I guess they consider them helpful in deterring ticks.
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Pinelady
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I have a dozen or so. I got them for the ticks.
They are great watch dogs too. But they can be
noisy when things aren't going their way. Or
another bird comes in for a bite. I put them up
every nite to keep alive and feed I feel is worth
it for what they keep out of the yard. But they
do roam. So it is best to get young and raise to
pen. That way they come home. You can tell the
difference in their calls whether it is alarm
call or just calling. I put up with it because it has helped the yard ticks.
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