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Guineas and Goats

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How effective do you think guineas would be in disrupting the parasite life cycle for those parasites that are a typical problem in goats?
 
#4 ·
When we had guineas we had no ticks none! Our horses and goats were tick free for a very long time. They were sharp eyed birds that is for sure. Eventually they were all killed by predators because they refused to roost with the chickens at night. They were also great watch dogs so to speak!
 
#5 ·
I was thinking they would be beneficial in preventing liver flukes, since they eat the intermediate host before the parasites can become infective (snails, slugs). But other than liver flukes I'm not real familiar with the internal parasites that infect goats.