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Article: Muscovies eliminate pest problems. (Country conversation & feedback).
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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COUNTRYSIDE: I have information that would be helpful on West Nile Virus solutions. Everyone is trying to use chemicals to solve this problems when mother nature can do a big part of it.
I read the article on chickens and pest control (February/March 2003), and thought I would drop you a note about my ducks.
I have three horses boarded on six acres here in Kentucky. For years I had a terrible problem with face flies, deer flies and ticks. We even had the two-inch-long "horse flies" in huge numbers; one year, I swatted 15 during an hour-long riding lesson. The bites are terribly painful, and the horses go crazy trying to get away from these bloodthirsty ...