How To Keep Ticks Out Of Your Yard Naturally
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Ticks carry lymes disease, which is a debilitating disease. Many parts of North America are loaded with ticks. I have learned how to prevent ticks from being in your yard. Here is how...
I have a 50 x 50 foot garden surrounded by chickens on two sides. The chickens are not allowed to enter the garden. But they are allowed to freely run around the outside edges.
Ticks can sense where you have last walked and things you have last touched. They wait there for you to pass by again. They are very patient. I find ticks on my water bucket, feed bin, hand tools and anything else I touch on a daily basis. When you pick up or handle these items again the tick grabs onto your hands and quickly starts to crawl up your arm. They wait in tall grasses for you to pass by and hitch a ride on your pant legs.
If you do not catch the ticks then they will slowly crawl around you looking for a nice, dark and safe place to bite. Usually at the hair line or under your clothes somewhere.
Chickens eat just about anything that moves which is small enough for them to gobble up. Since ticks are attracted to animals, they are drawn to the chickens. The ticks go for the chickens, which happily eat them up. Even if a tick manages to get on a chicken, another chicken would eat it quickly. Chickens hang out together in groups so the chances of a tick remaining unnoticed is very low. I highly doubt that a chicken would have a tick on it for long. Also chickens preen themselves and would eat a tick if seen.
This works out very nicely for me. Ticks are drawn to chickens. Chickens eat ticks.
My little garden space is a tick free zone. I have never had a tick in my garden. I can safely put my cat in the garden without fear of getting a tick.
The only problem with chickens in the woods is that predators want to eat my chickens.
So I have an electric fence around the chicken range to keep predators out. This has worked so far for two years. I have not lost a single bird inside the protected area when the fence was functioning properly.
I am expanding this range now to encircle my entire meadow. I will make a 2.5 acre tick free zone.
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*TIPS:*
1) Technically ticks don't over winter in leaves, they live in the leaves mostly for the moisture, and "over winter" primarily with rodents. MY TICK CONTROL PROGRAM: The best way to fight ticks is to lower the overal population by interrupting the life cycle in the winter. I do this by giving out free samples of dryer lint in toilette paper tubes to the resident rodents in the area. But what they don't know is I sprayed the lint with Permethrin, and the rodents make their nests, and roll around in the stuff and among each other.
2) Ticks EXPLODE in population with the deer primarily. So another way I treat my farm is to put out deer feed/lick stations treated with Permethrin on the legs and on posts around them. I also made the stations multi level so that larger deer have to stretch their necks across a "sill" and thus treat all sides of their necks/heads. For smaller deer and deer without racks, they have are the only ones with access to the lower level and rolling pins with treated foam coat their necks/heads and even bodies.
3) I also recommend Diatomacous Earth blown from the field edges into the woods along with the leaves that collect there. *That is PRIME tick ambush country since many tick infested animals move along wood edges.* This creates a buffer zone and DE gets everywhere if applied heavy. *I buy 50lb bag once a year, and then blow it using a leaf blower held very low to the ground.*
The suggestions in this video work great. I just wanted to share my adventure in my "Great Patriotic Tick War" after I purchased my infested land. *I have not had a tick incident since implementing all 3 of my layered defense strategy.
+Ansley212 Wow, awesome ideas. Thanks for sharing. I like the rodent control idea especially
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In a cold winter environment like upstate NY...rodents are probably the number one avenue for tick survival. And due to the sexual and sleeping habits of rodents, they will spread the Permethrin all over each other and in their nests when the tick population is at it's lowest. Which is key to drastically reducing the overall population for the next season.
*TIP:* Rub your finger in peanut butter and VERY LIGHTLY rub the faintest amount on the tube right before throwing them near rock piles, fallen trees, wood edges etc etc... Rodents LOVE to travel along these places anyway, and with the faint smell of peanut butter....they are guaranteed to find your "Free Bedding" gift. *This can be done in conjunction with rodent control measures (poison, traps etc) if you wish to control their numbers as well. You'll never get rid of all rodents, and new arrivals to your area will simply steal the Permethrin lint bedding from their dead cousins. So feel free to go after both pest populations at the same time if you wish.*
Happy gardening!
Ansley212 is this doesn’t affect other home pets like dogs . All you apply? Am sorry I might be asking a stupid question but am new to an area that is lots of ticks and I want protect my family and our love pets
do not, repeat do not breathe in D Earth!!!!!
Ansley212 your like... an anti-tick super soldier 🤩
A big sign saying "Strictly no ticks allowed" might work too. Of course it'd have to be pretty low to the ground. They're only little fellas.
mickeybill Haah! Wocka Wocka.
ticks are surprisingly polite when not spreading diseases and would surely heed that sign
mickeybill what about the ticks that dropped out of school and can’t read 🧐
In multiple languages of course. We wanna be PC
There's a tick in your watch
The bad thing I've found about ticks is that after finding two or three on you, you check yourself thoroughly and find no more ticks, go take a shower, scrubbing down extra well, then after drying off and putting on clean clothes, for the next few hours you still feel the ticks crawling on you! Those are what I call "imaginary ticks", and they are almost as much of a nuisance as the real ones! (they just don't carry lymes disease)
Good job Troy - another "predator" the top wire will discourage is the "so called" humans. Anyone trying to sneak over or cut through the fence may get a good surprise!
J. Williams Phantom ticks. I guess that's kind of like watching a show about insects and imagining something is crawling on you.
J. Williams Yeah, I know what you mean. lol
I struggle with this every day. I literally feel like a mental illness from phantom ticks. That, or after biting you if "activates" a crawling sensation.
When I first homesteaded the 'old timers' told us to put a good ring of wood ashes around our trees , s the ticks drop down off the trees and can't climb back up through the ashes. We did that and also let chickens free range , day times. It immediately started helping with ticks and flys, which were a real issue the first year. We also used the ashes to create a dust for the chickens to dust in.
Old misconception, Ticks do not climb trees, they sit in the grass and bushes
@@alcovli5580 Putting ashes out could still help. It dries out the insects a bit, like diatomaceous earth. If you have a natural wood fire regularly, it may be a cheaper alternative. It gets rid of snails too.
Snoep Animation Yes, you may be right
@@alcovli5580 All I know is , we stopped having them fall down on us from the trees, in our yard after doing this. Proof is in the pudding.
@@alcovli5580 maybe your ticks don't climb trees, but ours did.
I use Avon's "Skin so Soft", it may be oily, but if hunters use it, it's good enough for me! lol Great ideas you have. Chickens and Guinneas, I'm sure, ducks, too, will eat tons of ticks!
and possums will eat your yard full of ticks!!
I have two chickens that are my roosters favorite and have lost all back feathers. The first one I put a chicken saddle on. After about 3 weeks she got it off. When I checked her I found a tiny black tick attached to back. This happened around the 1st week of April 2022.
You live in a wooded area. You will never ever be 100% tick free. Mowing and keeping the place clean will indeed help but not making it impossible to pick up a tick.
The Long Project , He never said that it was 100% effective, albeit the title is a little misleading in that respect however I think he did mention that they were all only preventative and not airtight solutions.
***** OK matey, I'll try that :)
The Long Project, Ya just get chickens.
The Long Project oh whatever dude
Of course. That's obvious.
The number one helper in spreading lime disease is rodents! Promoting snakes and habitat for them is a number one priority! Ticks rely on rodents the first part of their lives and making places for snakes to hide and live on your property is a good way of preventing the rodents from inhabiting your property! Setting rodent traps can help in reducing numbers as well! Snakes are loved in Appalachia!
Your chickens are saying "Get back to work, we're hungry!" LOL. My chickens eat anything that move. They also scratch up leaves and dirt, regular tillers. No need to turn a compost pile if they have excess to one. Can't wait for the electric wire to be finished so your friends can visit you again. God Bless and take care.
Thanks for the info on the ticks, I'm now sure that I've seen ticks at my cottage in eastern Ontario. Scary thing is I don't know if I've been bit before. It will be exciting to see the chickens running around freely but will Joy bother them? Would love to see updates on the chicks, kittens and a bit of Joy! God Bless! Keep on inspiring.
Opossums also seek and eat ticks!! Also opossums can not be effected by rabies or transmit rabies. I always thought they were nasty animals but they only want to clean up trash, including those nasty ticks. It’s all in perspective. Thanks for the video and thanks for sharing your knowledge!! God bless!
We put sulphur rocks in the ground. Couple of inches down every couple of feet. Just push them into the ground with a broom stick. We never had another tick. That’s saying a lot in Texas.
I had no idea.
my grass is about 1" tall and some areas patchy with just dirt, still have ticks all over, i even have them crawling of the tiny rocks in my rock garden where i sit they just don't stop, i guess i will try the DE treatment, Nice video tho glad you are getting a handle on the ticks
Possums eat ticks, too. Guinea hens are good.
Fantastic video
Great advices. Thank you! Very comprehensive.
Thanks for the informative video! Has anyone tried diatomaceous earth to kill the ticks? It's effective against many insects. We only use the food grade kind. I think my problem was also too many mice. They spead lyme. They have been reduced, and we have tired to cut our lawn, so hope that helps. Need to get some chickens!
It is the answer! Diatomaceous earth works quickly and effectively.
I have wondered a few times while watching your videos...do you have easy access to pea gravel?
Ticks can sense where you last walked and things you have last touched?
amazing
Dave Grohl Yes I dont know how but they wait for me all the time.
take 5-6 heads of garlic grash them put in 4-5 gl of water strain and put in a sprayer it should do 250 meters it also takes care of scorpions.this is what they do in baja cal
Waiting to see if your project works once the fencing is done.
Eveything you're saying about ticks seems accurate. You probably get a lot of suggestions when mostly people agree with you. I would also have cats to rid mice and a fire pit for leaves. Still danger from above from hawks. I wonder what solutions for that there might be. If there is facial recognition software, you would think there is hawk recognition of their sillouettes flying and thereby a solar powered electronic response like an alarm or something in motion to scare them away. If Tractor supply doesn't sell that along with electric fence, they should. Maybe the product hasn't been invented and marketed yet. Randy in MN
Electric fence is great used one to keep my cats on my deck for years never lost a cat.
The three species of bacteria (genus Borrelia) that carry Lyme disease tend to live in small rodents. When a tick sucks an infected rodent’s blood, it too becomes infected. And if that itty-bitty tick should someday sink its mouthparts into say … you or your beloved pet, there’s a chance it’ll slip its new host a shot of that same bacteria. The result? A health condition that causes fever, headaches, depression, joint pain, and heart and central nervous system damage. But what could help stop this chain of infections? A healthy dose of rodent-loving rattlesnakes! A single timber rattler eats 2,500 to 4,500 ticks a year, according to a new study conducted by Edward Kabay, a recently graduated masters student in conservation biology at the University of Maryland. (Kabay presented these findings last week at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.) When a snake catches a field mouse infected with Lyme, it gobbles up everything: the messenger (the tick), the message-sender (the mouse), and the message itself (the bacteria).
Honestly this video was WAY TOO LONG,... but id be damned if the whole thing wasn't entertaining!!! The background noise made it perfect
Putting Chris on blast
found one crawling this year.. find one or 2 attached every year. bumps me out. i was really sick for 3 years..and dr said not Lyme. test negative but do not believe it was true. i love the woods and may try the pyrethrum. sp? hubby won't cut grass. too busy. i get them around the house.. and in the woods.. yes chickens eat ticks! i need chickens!
We just moved upstate N.Y. and my 4 year old had a tick in her ear we got it out but now I'm going to be more vigilant.
Up there the ticks can be quite horrible. We now have Guinea fowl which eat ticks. We sold out chickens and keep only Guineas now. We only had 4 ticks this entire year compared to a few every day in previous years. Our entire front 2.5 acre lot is fenced in so they free range the entire property. They patrol the land all day like soldiers.
Thanks for that...I am all itchy now!! :p
MollyDolly There might be ticks on you now. That would explain why you're itchy. You better check!
***** Hey! You stop that!
MollyDolly :-D
will you let the chickens in the garden in the fall to eat all the ticks before they over winter in your leaf mulch?
Do you have many issues with raptors and other predators feasting on your chickens?
I did but I put up fishing line and string over the chicken range and nothing ever came from the air again.
I found a tick on me last night while i was in bed. I flipped the f out. As soon as the ground dries, I'm mowing.
I hope you finally mowed.
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What about the predators that come for the chickens?
Twenty years chronic with Babesiosis (like Lyme but protozoic vs. bacterial), and all good information here. I'll add that quail are much better tick hunters than chickens or ducks.
my 15year old niece has Lyme disease we are here in Tennessee we let our chickens out you are right they like ticks.you walk through our yard and you have ticks all over you. and you carry them in the house.
ur point?
@@deeb5688 Rude much?
Thank you, that was helpful! What sort of ground would you recommend if you would like to be almost 100% free? gravel, sand, clay...? thank you :)
Sand or gravel. Ticks love to hang out on tall grass waiting to hitch a ride on you.
Thank you !
You mentioned that squirrels and such carry ticks. They will of course not be stopped by the electric fence because there will be points where they can cross from tree to tree, and then get down to the ground.
Maybe not a bad idea, anyway, because after the initial feast your chickens will need a new source of ticks at least once in a while, as a treat!
pieter zeeuwen Electric fence on the trees on both sides will stop most of them. Joy will take care of the rest :)
How is Joy with the chickens?
A more serious post. I've had one drop onto me from high in a tree as I was sitting in a chair in the shade.
mickeybill that is... DIIISSSGGGUUUSSSTTTIIIIMNMGHHHGGGGGGG 😫😫😩😩😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Great informative video! You’re living the dream brother.
Birds are a huge transporter of ticks. I do enjoy feeding the birds in my yard so I’m looking for ways to kill any ticks that may drop off at my feeders.
My daughter and I have had our health decimated from indoor mold and tick bites- ticks in SW wisconsin as well as in upstate NY. I nearly died from bartonellosis several times between 2016-2018. I am still sick but thankfully nowhere near as badly as before. I have been in treatment since May 2016 after I had a tick on me for about 2 days in NY.
My physical stamina has been greatly reduced- I used to run trails 10-30 miles regularly until tick disease. Now I’m lucky if I can walk 2-4 miles at a time.
I live in town so I can’t have chickens. The DE comment below is interesting and I will be looking into that. I am open to other suggestions on how to enjoy the birds while controlling ticks in my yard.
My LLMD who is now retired told me he has a friend in Canada whose job is to count the ticks on migrating birds.. he said there were ALOT. Ugh.
Since you cant have chickens and love birds, the DE is awesome. I once found a dead raccoon in my storage tent. Ticks were everywhere. Hundreds of them. It was like a horror movie. I put DE heavily all over the animal and the area. A few days later no ticks.
Put DE under the feeders and around the area. It helps the birds and removes internal parasites while killing insects on the ground.
@@TheDoItYourselfWorld thank you!
your chickens will miss having ticks to eat.
I take care of a storage facility and is getting nothing but gravel all over the place. That place is loaded with ticks. Absolutely loaded in southern Maine. I mean you can’t go on their people have problems with ticks in the storage unit. I mean it’s friggin they’re everywhere down there.
Thank you
Welcome!
GUINEA HENS LOVE TICKS &DON'T TEAR UP THE FLOWER BEDS & GARDENS! I WAS TOLD.
+David Stillman yes. Expensive tho.
I have a friend who had those, to protect her chickens, but they were so noisy all the time, she killed them and ate them.
Good guard dogs they are too
Great tips! Thanks!
For the rest of us who actually want a lawn and the ability to have guests and BBQ's, etc, $20 for a quart of permathren and a pump sprayer will put a serious dent in the tick population. Also most everything else, however aside from fish and honey bees, and cats, it'll do the job.
Hi! We just bought land that has been sprinkled with tick granules for years. I want to make a chicken tractor to keep the ticks down. Im just started looking into this so im not sure if the granules are toxic. In fact, your video is the first in my search. Do you know if the granules are toxic to the hens? Thank you!
I dont trust chemicals. It depends on how long the land has been sitting without new treatment. Chickens are pretty tough though in some ways. Sorry I cant say more without knowing what chemicals and when they were last used.
The Do It Yourself World Me either! Thanks for your response. I appreciate it!
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Best video on the subject. really helpful
Thank you
What do you do about mites on the chickens?
What type of tick was that?
What about birds of pray?
Great info!
Great, now what if you can't have chickens or electric fences?
Trim around walk areas, keep grass and plants short as possible. Gravel is best for walkways. Use natural repellent spray where you travel most.
good advice!
Dude you have chickens. Let them loose during the day, they eat the ticks...all of them
Ducks would be better for that as chickens are more destructive
The new Darpa tick killer robot will eliminate all ticks with its UV lasers
What about the hawks
Guinea Fowl are tick eating machines. Mine even dig up moles. The only downside is they are NOISY !
You said they like to live in leaves, havent you just created tickopolis in your veg garden, then fenced it off so the chickens can't get in?
mick walker He said they like to overwinter under leaves. It ain't winter yet. And with chickens patrolling the perimeter now, how will the ticks get into the leaves centered in the middle?
zilym Right, thats my plan
Do you worry about lack of genetic variety on your property when you do things like this?
Thanks man
Thank CIA Plum Island.
my chickens get ticks around their eyes.
Try a little cedar oil mist, to make a tick run from you. Another way never hurts and it gives MOMT peace of mind if you can comvince him no ticks in the fenced in area.
Frederick Nolan haha, he wont come over until they are GONE!!!
Wow, you're putting Chris's business on the internet.
Chris was living at my place at the time and I always checked everything with him first.
So you chickens eat the ticks and you eat/sell the chickens?
Never sold a chicken. Chickens eat bugs. Simple fact. Its a chickens life.
dose it work ?
what was in ur yard?
lol... sry .... but u did mention it a few times... thats the diff between entertainment and educational
String an electric fence 1/16 of an inch from the ground to keep the ticks out...Ha just kidding. You got to do what works for you.
on the raccoons I think the electric fence as been successful because you don't have trees around the chicken yard but you do have trees along the outside fence so I don't think it's all the way racoon safe unless the trees are cut because the raccoons will drop from the trees, I've seen it with my own eyes.
Pamela M Been cutting the trees. I said so in the fence videos
Tick sense through movement and through your breathing.
Is it ok to spread lime around my yard?
Lime will reduce the acid level of your yard so check the PH first.
"I've never been bitten" LOL...No, you surely have.
My dogs keep getting ticks and there is no vegetation just sand. Nothing I put on them seems to work!!
That is why I dont have outside cats or dogs. Frontline is the best to keep the dog safe but it will still pick up ticks and carry them around for a while. The dog is probably going into the vegetation somewhere to get the ticks.
@@TheDoItYourselfWorldwe rescued a dog from a farm and are faced with a tick infestation. So do you not let your dog out except to pee and poop? Also i think you said to limit use of chemicals in another comment. Is frontline safe?
@@blueskythinking8312 Please do not assume things before asking. I have since moved. We have Guinea fowl that eat ticks. Our dog has a 20ft wide by 100ft long run area and we take her on walks.
We use frontline yes. Its one of the best.
and the hawks? last year you ran the strings overhead...
Well, after 3 min of chatting and no info, I gave up.
TL;DR - Have chickens
text can smell the carbon dioxide in your breath, they hunt you, they can even track you and follow you up to a mile. ticks you find on you in the morning while camping could have followed you during the day and caught up to you at night.
I have mostly wood chips and very little grass and I get 2 bites every night. I am constantly itching. I never had ticks when I had chickens. Thanks nice video but way too ling and boring.
Cherokee Rose your post isn’t exactly bristling with excitement Redman Rose 🤔
tick count : 48
that's 1 tick every 18.75 seconds. That's alotta ticks.
“Everyday of my life I have to pull 2-3 ticks off of me”
“I’m going to show you how to keep your home tick free”
You can’t make this up
Hmmm, let me try to explain.....
Out in the property, I got ticks every day. Out roaming about.
I show you how to keep your "HOME" or a small area tick free.
I can do even better now. I am married now. 18 acres of land. 2.5 acres fenced in. Guinea fowl run free. The area they run in is tick free.
@@TheDoItYourselfWorld the title of the video is “how to keep ticks out of your YARD naturally” not home etc and then you literally showed ticks in your yard. What we would like to see it maybe a follow up video showing how you have now taken care of the problem?
This was a 57 acre property. The "yard" was a lot smaller area in front of the house. I have no ticks to show you now. I cannot do that. The guinea fowl are the best. They roam the yard all day, covering the entire property multiple times a day, every day. They love ticks.
@@TheDoItYourselfWorld my chickens love them as well. I’ve been using diatomaceous earth to get rid of the ones I have here works incredible
Very good
Well, I certainly hope it works. Good experiment.
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Thanks. It is just starting to get pretty dark and foreboding here.
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So far a little tad bit of rain but that's all.
That freaked me out when you handled that tick!!! I'm sure you didn't let it bite you but eeww!
rich k Who knew we would have benefits of a draught!
Brigade Major I know what you say is true but.... eeww groOss!
rich k Is there such a thing as freshwater seaweed? If so, maybe plant some. Does that much water hurt potatoes?
rich k I watched a video of a guy who had collected maybe 20 old fridges to use as raised beds. Seemed to be working great. I suppose if he got some flooding they would protect his plants.
Have you checked your chickens for ticks?
Lots of ticks are spread by migrating songbirds.
I want chickens 🐔
I found a tick walking along a power cord.
They will hide on things you last, or often, touch and wait for you. Its creepy.
I wonder if a more peaceful way would be possible - without electrified fence. It is like cutting Yourself from the world. But I don't know.
Just FYI, It's 'LYME' no 's.'
Haha. I was told it has an S.
I’m looking forward to getting a farm that’s like 15 acres and I wanna have the fences high enough wear I’ll be able to let my cats out and enough room for cattle and chickens but I don’t want any of them getting those nasty stupid ticks, seriously why do ticks even exist
Why don t you get yourself an ultrasonic tick pendant repellant ?
a lot of ticks will drop from trees onto your head. Wear a hat all the time.
opossums kill ticks
Troy you may consider drinking some none alcohol beer
Ticks don't like flat surfaces... Tell that to African Ticks.. they come out the sand to get you.
Don’t make leaf piles either !!!
true
How come you don't date your videos
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The fact is your yard isn’t ticks free zone - you just showed us a tick in your yard
The garden area was a tick free zone due to the chickens eating everything that moves out there and the ticks were attracted to the chickens.
Doesn’t work . Ticks come in on birds / mice/ squirrels
Get guinea fowl. I am now married with a child and living on a homestead in Michigan. Still making videos. We have about 30 free range chickens along with 6 guinea fowl. No more ticks this year. The birds eat anything that moves.