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    Organic Pest Control: Reader Reports of Poultry on Patrol

    Aug 17, 2018 5 minutes

    Every week, we invite our Facebook fans to share their wisdom on a given topic. Invariably they post some great firsthand information. Here’s a sample confirming yet again what our readers have reported in the past — chickens, ducks, turkeys, and guineas all provide amazing organic pest control. (For more firsthand reader reports, see bit.ly/2awjo3G.)

    • We moved to our new home four years ago and got 12 hens. The waves of grasshoppers jumping in the yard have never come back, and we have never seen a tick anywhere, despite living in the bush and having a couple of bad years of ticks in our area. The birds free range, but the garden is fenced off. — Rebekah Massey

    • They definitely make a difference. Compared with our neighbors, we have

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