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Forum: Article: Backyard Mosquito MitigationReplies: 3, Views: 20
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wormfood
Lecanto, FL
(Zone 9a)

June 29, 2009
10:39 AM

Post #6753472

I'm so glad you ran this article again. I didn't even recognize it until I saw our posts from last year. I do want to add chickens to the list. Mosquitos can breed in curled up leaves in your yard. Chickens disturb anything and everything. Nothing can live in my yard.
Sundownr
(Bev) Wytheville, VA
(Zone 6a)

June 29, 2009
10:46 PM

Post #6756671

Do the chickens eat the mosquito larvae?
wormfood
Lecanto, FL
(Zone 9a)

June 30, 2009
04:12 PM

Post #6759862

I have a couple of pans of water outback for various critters and I dump them every 3rd day. If you look at the pan of water on the 4th day you can see the larva swimming. When I dump the water it's a race between the ants and the chickens. But I haven't seen the chickens dunk for larva. I've seen them snap at things in the air that's a possible skeeter.
I saw a baby bunny the other day. Thought it was a rat but it had no tail and it was fat and puggy. Things like that just make life worth living.
Sundownr
(Bev) Wytheville, VA
(Zone 6a)

June 30, 2009
10:49 PM

Post #6761723

Thanks for the info! I totally agree with your life worth living perspective, lol!


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