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3 ways to keep ticks away.

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Ticks carry Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, rocky mountain spotted fever and tick bite paralysis. Standard insect solutions rarely work on ticks, they do not only affect your horses health but your own.

how to prevent ticks:

1. Use specially made tick repellants on your horse.

2. If you prefer to hand-pick ticks, wear gloves. To remove a tick, grasp it as close to its host's skin as possible using fingers or forceps. Don't squeeze. Apply slow, steady, upward pressure until the tick comes away intact. Drop detached ticks into a jar of soapy water, then dispose of tick-laden liquid by burying it or flushing it down the toilet.

I think no.3 is a clever way to keep ticks away.

3. Keep a flock of Guinea fowl or free-range chickens. Feathered barnyard marauders consider ticks the pinnacle of haute cuisine--and you can dine on their eggs!

Remember to check you horse for ticks when your grooming, I hope this is helpful I would love to hear some feedback or ways you prevent ticks at your stable.
 
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#3 is my one and only tick prevention here at home. When I first bought the place I had to pick ticks off my horses 3 times a day and still didn't get them all. The first fall I bought about 30 guineas and next spring...no ticks. Now I have about 60 hens and 30 guineas and I have no ticks, flies are way down even during drought, no snakes, no mice, and I have several loud 'driveway alarms' for when people come to visit. Those guineas don't let anything get past 'em.
 
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