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Originally Posted by beetkvass
*shudder* Years ago I found at least a half dozen black widows under my children's wading pool! They were nesting under the rim of it that if I recall correctly went all the way to ground level. But there were holes in the plastic. I thought I was going to die when I flipped that pool over and kept finding another web with a black widow in it.
It's been years since I saw any in the back yard but if we found them (other than the pool) we'd always find them in the vegetable garden. I wonder if the chickens and ducks finally eradicated them?
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yes yes yes! chickens have kept my yard pretty much flea/tick and spider free for
years. if there are spider webs it is usually out of reach for them.I have never treated the dog or cats for fleas. never seen a tick since we got them either. but it is hardly safe to walk after the chickens have been on the loose for a few hours either...or until the next good hard rain.