tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405740998298393653.post4986359095433238444..comments2024-01-28T10:51:25.349-08:00Comments on Outback Farm: Ticks!Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01754379649711551718noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405740998298393653.post-67793751685691027522013-06-05T14:53:20.880-07:002013-06-05T14:53:20.880-07:00Ticks galore around here. However, even though the...Ticks galore around here. However, even though they crawl on the goats, they never attach. I walk the goats in knee high grass and weeds and so far no ticks have found me tasty... of course that good fortune could come to an end at any time!<br /><br />Sulfur is suppose to be disliked by ticks and I personally take MSM everyday which helps joints, but is also a form of sulfur. As for the goats, perhaps it is because their is sulfur in their minerals. Although I am leaving the minerals out for them to use free choice lately (I used to hand feed it to them), I don't think they are eating them... perhaps my pasture has plenty of sulfur. Who knows...Lindahttp://lindercroft.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405740998298393653.post-35608499877973058502013-06-05T06:30:40.366-07:002013-06-05T06:30:40.366-07:00LOL!! Never had a party line in my crotch!!LOL!! Never had a party line in my crotch!!Betty Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397971373329806277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405740998298393653.post-85762254647678856392013-06-04T19:08:34.449-07:002013-06-04T19:08:34.449-07:00I forgot to say that we had coyotes move into our ...I forgot to say that we had coyotes move into our area a couple years ago, so we know they are to blame for the ticks. They like the neighbors pasture because its overgrown, and has a HUGE berry bush they can hide in. I can't wait till the goats can go over there and eat that bush back.<br /><br />KimberlyAn At Home Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703109969618447107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405740998298393653.post-78563363289019362842013-06-04T19:04:21.849-07:002013-06-04T19:04:21.849-07:00We had never had ticks in all the years we have li...We had never had ticks in all the years we have lived here (27), till two years ago. My niece and I were walking around in the pasture next to ours that the neighbor lets us use. The grass was very tall. When we came in my Niece had a tick crawling on her arm. I freaked! I checked myself and there was one on my back at my waistband. My niece had them in her hair. It turns out they are also dog ticks. I had my Dad mow the neighbors pasture because it was overgrown. That helped alot. Now around the beginning of may theres loads of them. I have never seen one on our goats (and I've looked), but the livestock guardian pups were picking up several a day. So my Mom put the Armour drops on them. Its very hard to find them on the dogs with their thick coats. Before the drops, we were using a cotton ball soaked in tea tree oil to get the ticks to let go. Then my Mom discovered she could put some wasp spray on a q-tip and apply it to the tick and it would instantly kill it.<br /><br />Ugh! They gross me out.<br /><br />KimberlyAn At Home Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703109969618447107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405740998298393653.post-25917982411967000912013-06-04T15:30:19.161-07:002013-06-04T15:30:19.161-07:00My eyes are so bad, I thought you said party line!...My eyes are so bad, I thought you said party line! Yep, they like it right there. When I first moved up here 35 years ago, our property was full of those itty bitty seed ticks. They'd get all over us. And they HURT! They'd leave awful red itchy whelps where ever they'd been. <br /><br />Y'all be careful.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754379649711551718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405740998298393653.post-4186943870918272842013-06-04T08:10:56.957-07:002013-06-04T08:10:56.957-07:00We've got em bad. I try not to walk anywhere t...We've got em bad. I try not to walk anywhere the chickens don't go. Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845268534571646512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405740998298393653.post-70354930607931506542013-06-04T06:13:09.890-07:002013-06-04T06:13:09.890-07:00Oh yes ticks are bad this year!! I do a full body...Oh yes ticks are bad this year!! I do a full body naked tick check in front of a full length mirror before bed every night. The tiny ones especially like to crawl up my leg inside my jeans until they hit the panty line in my crotch!!Betty Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397971373329806277noreply@blogger.com