How to Remove a Tick and Prevent Bites

Kathy worked with the Bureau of Land Management for 12 years before founding Livestock for Landscapes in 2004. Her twelve years at the agency allowed her to pursue her goal of helping communities find ways to live profitably AND sustainably in their environment. She has been researching and working with livestock as a land management tool for over a decade. When she's not helping farmers, ranchers and land managers on-site, she writes articles, and books, and edits videos to help others turn their livestock into landscape managers.

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May 18, 2020

2 Comments

Richard Hutchinson says:

March 14, 2018 at 7:25 am

Hi
I am going to try Guinea hens for tick control around the yard. Do you know of any problems with the hens eating ticks that might possible have Lyme disease?
- Kathy Voth says:
  
  March 14, 2018 at 9:11 am
  
  Hmmm…. that’s an interesting question, Richard. I did a quick google search and found this article that shows that lyme-infected ticks are already being carried about by wild birds: https://www.citylab.com/environment/2015/02/suburban-birds-are-reservoirs-for-lyme-disease-bacteria/386009/
  
  And then here’s a story from a chicken farmer who found that without her chickens the tick population boomed. http://www.henclass.com/war-on-lyme/
  
  I’m not sure I have an answer for you yet, but I’ll keep looking.

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