We have a sweet little box of 5 guinea chicks in our mud room right now.
They are tiny and cute and funny, and the kids (and us) are charmed.
With the alarming number of ticks we pulled off our animals and ourselves last summer,
we did some research and thought it prudent to try raising some.
Interestingly, the University of Wisconsin in Madison did a study,
and they found that 3 guinea hens can effectively rid a 2 mile radius of ticks in a 2 month period.
How accurate that is, no one can tell, but we thought it worth a try!
When our dear friends asked if we would like to split an order with them, we jumped at the chance!
Hopefully it goes well and they do a good job of ridding us of our tick population.
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