Hello,
I'd like to ask you about your Guinea Fowl. Specifically, do they really have this voracious appetite for ticks that I've read about? Are they very noisy?
"You don't have to eat the fish. You could use them to feed the turtles or for pets. I'm not sure if there is a test for salmonella at the consumer level.
You could construct a biofilter and put in floating aquatic plants to further filter the…"
"I'd avoid using turtles as a waste source for human veggie production the risk of salmonella outweigh the benefits. If you used it to produce veggies for the turtles only that would be fine. http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/spotlight_an_turtles.htm
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"I somehow missed all of these earlier posts, sorry!
I got most of my fry from Dennis. If your temps are warm enough you can grow them out in about 6 months. This cool weather is really slowing down their growth. I've got mine covered in greenhouse…"
"If you're in Phoenix, you can buy them from Dennis at www.gardenpool.org He has been doing aquaponic gardening for a while, and his tilapia fry have been grown organically in the same way."
"Chi Ma--What a pretty greenhouse! Rachel and I are both on the site http://aquaponicscommunity.com/ which is a great way to connect with other aquaponic gardeners.
Rachel--Good luck with your 500 gallon in-ground system!! I'm so glad that it's…"
"Looking great! I'll have to get my greenhouse plastic up ASAP and hopefully take some pictures soon too.
I'm really wanting to get my 500 gallon in-ground system started cycling in the next two weeks... that may be a pipe dream though!! ;)"
"So couple of weeks ago I planted some lettuce seedlings. I forgot to take pics of how small they were. Went to check on them today and took some pics.
Hot and steamy in there. 47 degrees outside and 63 inside.…"
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I'd like to ask you about your Guinea Fowl. Specifically, do they really have this voracious appetite for ticks that I've read about? Are they very noisy?