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  1. paulandashia

    Mice in, or around the coop..?!

    Actually, being in Alaska, our mice are disease free here. :) PLUS, the main reason I cooked them, was to kill off any potential pathogens. That said, after the whole mouse feeding thing, my chickens have become VERY good little mouse hunters. :) I have seen them on many occasions run around...
  2. paulandashia

    Mice in, or around the coop..?!

    Auscal. :) I apologize for taking so long to answer... :) I added Iodized Table Salt, because where I live, there is no Iodine in the soil, and iodine is a nutrient necessary for an animal's health and overall survival.... :) I have a smaller bowl with salty water available in the run at all...
  3. paulandashia

    Mice in, or around the coop..?!

    Wow, well this turned into somewhat of an argument. lol I didn't intend for it to go that way. I just posted it for the "fun" and "silliness" of it. :) But I did want to make a short note though. I live in Alaska... We do NOT have snakes here to kill mice. Bears and moose are not much for...
  4. paulandashia

    Mice in, or around the coop..?!

    roosterjrm & tyjaco. :) Would you be OK with eating eggs if you saw your chickens chase down, kill, and eat a wild field mouse? :) At first I was same as you... Eeewwwww..... But now, I have no issues eating eggs from my birds after they gorge on mice. :) I just have to see it for what...
  5. paulandashia

    Mice in, or around the coop..?!

    LOL I have a big, old, stainless steel pot that I use for our "Pets". I use it to cook salmon that we have caught the year before if it did not get eaten, hooligan, old meat, and yes, mice. LOL Nothing "we" humans eat gets cooked in "that" pot. It's just for the pets (got it at a garage...
  6. paulandashia

    Mice in, or around the coop..?!

    I vividly remember a few people bragging what wonderful mousers their chickens are, and here we are thinking "What's WRONG with our birds???" LOL Without our knowledge, the mouse population BOOMED at my best friends house over the winter.!!! EEEK..!!! Soooooo..... We set 20+ traps around...
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