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  1. Red mites : can transmit diseases & tips for prevention and monitoring.

    Red mites : can transmit diseases & tips for prevention and monitoring.

    Red mites are small parasites of about one millimeter. They cause a lot of nuisance in the hen house, and can also transmit diseases and weaken a chicken severely. Sometimes if the owner doesn’t see the red mites before the infestation gets bad, chicks and chickens can get killed by herds of red...
  2. Guinea SAFE Tick Control

    New Member: I raise Guinea Fowl for tick control. I have recovered from Lyme disease. Do you have any experience with Guinea Fowl and Lyme/Ticks?

    Hello, My name is Tracy. I am from Central Maine. Ticks and Lyme disease are a very real threat in Maine. Over the last 10 years tick populations have skyrocketed. I don't fully understand what lead to these evil creatures migrating here but I assume it's related to climate change or...
  3. Ticks & Chickens-can Lyme disease be passed to humans?

    Ticks & Chickens-can Lyme disease be passed to humans?

    Hello and Good Morning from Alberta, Canada! I am originally from Nova Scotia where there is a huge tick problem happening. My father-in-law is looking to get chickens (and I may be encouraging him ;)) but he is concerned that when they eat ticks, and if those ticks are infected with Lyme...
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