Danged ticks

[Mobuck]

WOW, they're everywhere. I've been tearing out and salvaging some of a corral Father in Law and I built almost 50 years ago. The renters have let it degrade and trees have grown up along the fences so prior to having a bulldozer push out the trees and rotten posts, I'm trying to salvage as much as possible. Yesterday I came home literally crawling with ticks and today was the same. Dowesn't help to spray pants legs as these are dropping from trees. Once I found 6 ticks on the brim of my hat.

 

[hittman]

Yuck …..

 

[contender]

I hate the bloodsuckers.

 

[davevabch]

Ticks, the most dangerous creature and danger in the woods. Especially in certain states. Learn about them, treat them early. Some can cause a most horrible death or basically torture for the rest of your life.

 

[eveled]

I've always heard chickens eat ticks. Maybe some free range birds?

Mosquitoes and ticks are very dangerous and impossible to avoid.

 

[davevabch]

I've always heard chickens eat ticks. Maybe some free range birds?

Mosquitoes and ticks are very dangerous and impossible to avoid.

One of the favorite foods of the Wild Turkey.

 

[TheTexasRAT]

When I first visited one of my friends in the Ozarks I told him that I would like to walk his property. He told me that I should stay around the house where the chickens and guineas eat the ticks, cause the woods and hollers were full of ticks. I told him that we have ticks down in Texas too and that it was nothing new to me. He tried again to discourage me but said if you want to go on a hike go ahead but just know that you have been warned.

In Texas I would wonder the woods and after a day of hiking I would come home and look for ticks. Normally I would find three to five ticks and pick them off, and do it again day after day.

Well I went trapsing around the Ozark hills and hollers for about four hours and say ticks hanging on the edges of blades of grass reaching out to take a hold of my pants legs as I walked along. I continuously would stop and pick the ticks off of my pant legs every fifty feet or so and must had picked at least one-hundred of them as I went.

By the time I made it back to my friend's house I went in to check for any ticks that I may had missed and found another hundred of them on me or in my clothing. Don't you know I got a big "I Told You So!" from my friend.

Since then I have never walked the Ozarks between spring and fall. I will only go hiking them after a couple of freezes have come, on up to just before spring while the nights are still quite cold. Other than that I stay around the yard where the chickens and guineas are.

I have found that spreading tick granules will provide a tick free zone, but step one inch past that and they'll be waiting. There are many places around Texas were there are no ticks. I have laid out in the grass and took naps and never ever got one tick on me. But in the Ozarks if one took a nap outside on the ground they might just not have enough blood left to be able to wake up.

 

[TheTexasRAT]

I've always heard chickens eat ticks. Maybe some free range birds?

Possums eat lots of tics. Chickens eat a lot too. But guenes eat a whole lot of them blood suckers. Guenes are pretty noisy though, as any time some one or thing comes up that they are not used to they go to making a racket. Takes a bit of getting used to.

 

[BULL'S-EYE]

Opossums eat ticks, which is why I typically don't shoot them around my place, unless one is being a major PITA.
Absolutely despise those things. I found a fully engorged one under my "dangly doo's" (as my Australian wife calls them.) After squirrel hunting once.
Very disturbing to say the least... And, I've happily killed every last one that I've seen ever since!

 

[Dan in MI]

I have read that opossums really don’t eat ticks, that it’s an internet fable.

 

[TheTexasRAT]

I have read that opossums really don't eat ticks, that it's an internet fable.

But it says so right there on a Wikipedia page?

 

[eveled]

When I was a kid. One of my friends was very excited. “I found a baby turtle!” Lol. He had a tick in his hand.

 

[mirglip]

There are lots of ticks around here February through June. I found out how to solve the problem. Eat garlic. I eat lots of garlic during tick season and the few ticks that get on me just crawl around but won't dig in. I haven't had a tick dig in for the last 8 years I have been doing this, but found plenty of ticks.

 

[turd]

^^^I'm big on garlic, but it is because I like it in my food. Speaking of which, I don't often get attacked by mosquitos, and I really can't remember the last time I had a tick on me. Just sayin'.

 

[TheTexasRAT]

There are lots of ticks around here February through June. I found out how to solve the problem. Eat garlic. I eat lots of garlic during tick season and the few ticks that get on me just crawl around but won't dig in. I haven't had a tick dig in for the last years I have been doing this, but found plenty of ticks.

Probably wouldn't hurt to smash a clove up and put it in the clothes washing machine and after bathing rub some all over as well. Protection in layer so to speak.

 

[davevabch]

I had a friend of the family here in Virginia. Beautiful, vibrant woman. Contacted Lyme disease and became disfigured, and practically and completely paralyzed.They are much more of a threat to life than People realize. Do the study, Learn what to do how to prevent. If a tick gets embedded in your skin, seek medical attention quickly.

I use a ton of this product for all my clothes and use a non-odor Deet for my skin. I use to scout for deer all year long and no longer go into the woods in summer (although ticks can attach to skin in winter)
https://sawyerdirect.net/collections/clothing-permethrin

 

[TheTexasRAT]

I had a friend of the family here in Virginia. Beautiful, vibrant woman. Contacted Lyme disease and became disfigured, and practically and completely paralyzed.They are much more of a threat to life than People realize. Do the study, Learn what to do how to prevent.

I have another friend that is 80 years old now that got Lyme disease when he was in his 60s. He could hardly move and his wife took care of him. She found one of the Rife machines and gave him daily treatments and he slowly got back to where he could get back on his feet. He still has low energy and has to rest a lot. He also can not eat red meat now as it makes him deathly sick. He, as with many other, had had hundreds of tick bites over the years and finally one infected him.

I know two other guys that are logger in the Ozarks that get ticks on them all the time and are fortunate so far have not gotten the Lyme disease.

I know people that pull ticks off their children in a daily basis in the Ozarks. Seems to be a part of life in the Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri. I'm glad I'm from Texas and did not have to grow up with near as many as the afore mentioned.

 

[tazbigdog]

Had deer and dog ticks crawling on me before. Having moved back to PA, I had 3 deer ticks on me, and one embedded itself behind my need. Needed medication to get rid of the huge red blotch there. Hate ticks.

 

[stonebuster]

Lyme disease is a big problem here in CT. Actualled named after Lyme,Ct.. it's carried by deer ticks rather than larger wood ticks. I get blood tests for Lyme annually. This year I tested "reactive" to one test, not positive. Dr didn't seem concerned but then again he's never concerned about anything.

 

[Mobuck]

I contracted LYME disease around 2006-7. Got in pretty bad shape and had to do IV infusion(?) 3 times per week for 2 weeks. Just never felt the same afterward. I guess it's just one of those daily challenges of this lifestyle. Moving around in tall grass, weeds, and brush is an invitation.
As far as possums eating ticks: not sure how one would confirm this. I've never seen a possum with a tick on it but the sample size is quite small vs overall population.

 

[eveled]

Lyme disease is a big problem here in CT. Actualled named after Lyme,Ct.. it's carried by deer ticks rather than larger wood ticks. I get blood tests for Lyme annually. This year I tested "reactive" to one test, not positive. Dr didn't seem concerned but then again he's never concerned about anything.

Lyme is the closest town to a restricted Island that is home to an animal disease research facility. Speculation is Lyme disease was a bio weapon that escaped.

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/...yme-disease-1960s-house-aims-find-out/158529/

 

[Mobuck]

I guess I hadn't heard that. HMMM, seems very similar to some 'other' disease that popped up half way around the planet???

 

[Jack Ryan]

No wonder you people get ticks.

Use permethrin on your shoes and pants. Buy it at the farm store and mix it down to .o5%. So long as it looks milky when you shake it up thats good. If you still get some, mix it stronger next time. Do NOT use it on your bare skin.

Shirt and hat to if you are deep in to them. THEY DO NOT DROP OUT OF THE TREES. They climb up any vegetation they are closest to up to the top or the height of the their target victims, and then they wait for you to brush against it. They can wait there for YEARS if they need to.

All the rest of this thread is bull c... likely to leave you with Lyme or alpha-gal syndrome.

 

[peachhead]

I have read that opossums really don't eat ticks, that it's an internet fable.

Pretty much correct. They might eat some but they don't seek them out.

Possums eat lots of tics. Chickens eat a lot too. But guenes eat a whole lot of them blood suckers. Guenes are pretty noisy though, as any time some one or thing comes up that they are not used to they go to making a racket. Takes a bit of getting used to.

Guineas and chickens, yes. And you are right, guineas are arguably the loudest most aggravating things you can own. My neighbor had some for a while and finally just got rid of them because he was tired of hearing them. Lol

 

[gnappi]

My son got Lyme here in Florida, and a bite I received the same day and place gave me such a huge welt I went on antibiotics as a precautionary measure.

 

[Ride1949]

We had Guineas, Ixworth and Rhode Island Reds. The Guineas were loud, but if you want something that will stand you straight up in bed, have a Peacock scream right outside your bedroom window real early in the morning. (We had six of them for a while.)

 

[Randyzzz]

We had Guineas, Ixworth and Rhode Island Reds. The Guineas were loud, but if you want something that will stand you straight up in bed, have a Peacock scream right outside your bedroom window real early in the morning. (We had six of them for a while.)

We’ve got a peacock here in Rogue River. He hangs out at our property and the properties around us. Beautiful bird- we have feathers here and there around our place, my wife loves him. But at night he roosts up in the trees out front of our house. Can’t hardly sleep with the windows open. The worst part is he has a certain cry that sounds exactly like “help me”.

 

[TheTexasRAT]

... Peacock ... ...
(We had six of them for a while.)

I had a neighbor that had two which would come around quit often and get up on top of my house. Cool looking birds.

 

[peachhead]

We had Guineas, Ixworth and Rhode Island Reds. The Guineas were loud, but if you want something that will stand you straight up in bed, have a Peacock scream right outside your bedroom window real early in the morning. (We had six of them for a while.)

you are not kidding. lol Somebody around here had one and it got loose one day. That thing freaked me out.

 

[Ride1949]

We've got a peacock here in Rogue River. He hangs out at our property and the properties around us. Beautiful bird- we have feathers here and there around our place, my wife loves him. But at night he roosts up in the trees out front of our house. Can't hardly sleep with the windows open. The worst part is he has a certain cry that sounds exactly like "help me".

When we first got them, one was down by the pond calling. Sounded like a small child calling for help. Since I'd never heard one before, It got me moving in that direction in a hurry. They're loud, beautiful and really freakin' dumb. Lost most of them to vehicular suicide. Although the looks on the faces of those who came to the door that suddenly found car, windshield and road covered with those beautiful feathers and Peacock guts was priceless.
(Note: You don't see very many Peacocks around here)