This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Whoa, if turkey mites are like chicken mites they take bites out of you that leave forever blood marks. I had never raised chickens before coming here. Never knew they had mites. Suddenly the mites exploded, (like the human population is doing) and I found myself being bitten like mad after picking up what I thought were speckled eggs. Poor me and chickens. I got out a magnifying glass and the horrible creatures were scooting about my midriff. A jump in the shower and clothes in the washer kills them. So now there is a semi annual "shake and bake," oil, and chlorine spray exercise. Jean
Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes & Noble Book Stores -----Original Message----- From: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com <fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com> Cc: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 8:12 PM Subject: Re: Barn Swallows >This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Do you allow barn swallows to nest in the barn? We just put up our >> new barn (If you build it, they will come) and almost immediately a >> couple barn swallows started putting up a nest [...] I have heard >> that the birds can carry lice that can fall onto horses and cause >> problems, not to mention the droppings on everything. [...] I >> realize the birds do a great service by eating insects, but does >> that benefit outweigh the potential problems? > >A couple of weeks ago, my husband and his buddy went turkey hunting. >In the process of plucking the bird, both guys ended up with turkey >lice crawling around on them. The buddy (a professor of fish and >wildlife at OSU) said that bird lice won't bite a mammal---they just >give you "the willies", crawling around on you. I suspect that they >might cause an equine to rub itself, but that's about it. > >Barns seem to be irresistable to swallows. I tend to knock down nests >that are in inconvenient places (like over doors), or put up 1/2" >netting to make such areas inaccessable. Otherwise, the swallows are >welcome. I like watching them dip and swoop, and I like the reduction >in bugs (like mosquitos) that they cause. For comparison, go look up >all the diseases that mosquitos can carry.... > >Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! >15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon >
