Chickens & Ticks

[LynnPG]

Happy Spring up in New Jersey/Pennsylvania Area. This Monday between children, dogs and Adults 22 ticks. So a local Farmer told me that Chickens Eat a Tick, but Poop a Tick, but only guineas and turkeys eat a tick and kill a tick.

Can anyone tell me what is true

 

[SueT]

We've got ticks too! The cold spells are over and suddenly the ticks are OUT. I can't imagine that chickens don't kill the ticks by eating them. I guess we'll have to look in their poop!

 

[Srod79]

No idea if true, but we did just get 10 guineas for our ticks. We have 20 chicks going out this weekend and I inagined that they eat them, will have to verify the death of them once disposed. Seems crazy!

 

[Srod79]

And we have a bunch of ticks here in Kansas also! Our property is pretty thick with trees also, definitely does not help..

 

[RWise]

Ticks is why I have chickens, they eat them, they are gone, it works (chickens eat rocks and grind them up, a tick will most certainly get ground up). Before I put the birds on the yard I had to poison constantly, have not seen a tick in the yard for several years now, and no more poisons. Mud daubers eat ticks too!

 

[SueT]

Ticks is why I have chickens, they eat them, they are gone, it works (chickens eat rocks and grind them up, a tick will most certainly get ground up). Before I put the birds on the yard I had to poison constantly, have not seen a tick in the yard for several years now, and no more poisons. Mud daubers eat ticks too!

That's what I thought. The ticks passing thru the gizzard would be ground up just like everything else they eat.

 

[llombardo]

I just read an article on this. Let me see if I can find it.

 

[llombardo]

http://www.wideopenpets.com/tick-co...ium=partner&utm_term=clife&utm_campaign=clife

 

[lazy gardener]

I can tell you that my birds free range my property when hawk load permits. My neighbor across the street is plagued with ticks. Last season I pulled 1 off me, and several off the dog. Neighbor had them crawling up his legs repeatedly. Other folks in my area are plagued with them. I find that farmer's statement to be quite doubtful. Now, to read the article.

 

[drumstick diva]

Boy that is scary