How to raise Backyard Chickens: [CHICKENS-101] Re: OT 4 legged wild amphibians and palmettos Georgia

Always check the inside of shoes and shake out clothing or towels left on the floor in Palmetto country; a trapped Palmetto bug will bite.http://www.ehow.com/how_4443826_rid-palmetto-bugs.html
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I just found this on a palmetto bug site, I did not know they bite too. They are huge, like in big enough to really leave big poopers and make a mess. Cath

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Georgia Wood <possadillohill@...> wrote:
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> Thanks, Cath, those are good lists of southern toads. If I can find any I'll put them under my deck and hope they eat a few of the zillion resident Palmetto Bugs. Palmetto Bugs, that sounds MUCH better than r.o.a.c.h.e.s doesn't it?
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> --- On Sat, 5/29/10, CathrynTherese Fitch Walden <cathryntherese@...> wrote:
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> From: CathrynTherese Fitch Walden <cathryntherese@...>
> Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] OT 4 legged wild amphibians Georgia
> To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010, 5:15 PM
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> Frogs and Toads of SC and GA
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> When you've studied the families listed above, you can test
> your ability to identify calling frogs and toads by listening
> to these choruses recorded on the Savannah River Site.
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> 199k - 28 sec @ 56k
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> www.uga.edu/srelherp/anurans/index.htm
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> Frogs & Toads of Florida ... Below is a
> list of the 33 frogs and toads that inhabit Florida. For a
> description of a frog or toad, click on its name.
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> 134k - 19 sec @ 56k
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> www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/ wildlife_ info/frogstoads/
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> I rescue all frogs and toads from my chickens. Helps to fence around the pens to keep the toads and frogs out, and predators from grabbing birds in the outdoor pens. Cath
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