You might want to consider getting guinea hens to deter ticks. Yes, they are noisy, but they look at a tick, the same way I look at a piece of dark chocolate, lol. I'd much rather listen to the noise of a flock of guineas than pull ticks off myself and my dog. I found this good article that gives a nice overview of them. This site won't let me post the link, but it is short, so you can either type it in or copy and paste it into a browser. Oh, and they make excellent guards. They probably won't scare anyone off, but they will alert you to the presence of anyone or anything not normally there. modernfarmer.com/2014/10/get-watch-bird/
You might want to consider getting guinea hens to deter ticks. Yes, they are noisy, but they look at a tick, the same way I look at a piece of dark chocolate, lol. I'd much rather listen to the noise of a flock of guineas than pull ticks off myself and my dog. I found this good article that gives a nice overview of them. This site won't let me post the link, but it is short, so you can either type it in or copy and paste it into a browser. Oh, and they make excellent guards. They probably won't scare anyone off, but they will alert you to the presence of anyone or anything not normally there. modernfarmer.com/2014/10/get-watch-bird/