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post #21 of 33
7/26/11 at 4:36pm

Well then there is your answer if you dont want to detroy them. Call any major credit card or sattelite service provider and when you reach their customer service rep in India get their address and ship them over there. From the looks of that picture they got plenty of milk and will welcome them.

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post #22 of 33
7/26/11 at 4:39pm

lau

Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Speckled Sussex ,BBS Cochins, LF Polish,BLRW, OEG  (Mille fleur colored) ,Black Tailed Buff Japs, BB Reds, and Silkies The hens are laying!Check out my auctions on BSA for chicken  hatching eggs.

Goats, Mini Satins, Dutch and lionhead rabbits!
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Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Speckled Sussex ,BBS Cochins, LF Polish,BLRW, OEG  (Mille fleur colored) ,Black Tailed Buff Japs, BB Reds, and Silkies The hens are laying!Check out my auctions on BSA for chicken  hatching eggs.

Goats, Mini Satins, Dutch and lionhead rabbits!
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post #23 of 33
7/26/11 at 4:42pm
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Originally Posted by mac in abilene 

Whack 'em with a shovel.


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I'm a Farmer/Rancher  Wife,Mom & Grandma  No Farms, No food. 
If you want house chickens and ducks in diapers then this is the forum for you.
I've got 50+ years of poultry experience, but this 'poultry' forum isn't for me anymore.
If you're going to complain about farmers, don't do it with a full belly or a mouthful.
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I'm a Farmer/Rancher  Wife,Mom & Grandma  No Farms, No food. 
If you want house chickens and ducks in diapers then this is the forum for you.
I've got 50+ years of poultry experience, but this 'poultry' forum isn't for me anymore.
If you're going to complain about farmers, don't do it with a full belly or a mouthful.
Reply
post #24 of 33
7/26/11 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by Oldfort_mailman 

Well then there is your answer if you dont want to detroy them. Call any major credit card or sattelite service provider and when you reach their customer service rep in India get their address and ship them over there. From the looks of that picture they got plenty of milk and will welcome them.


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I'm a Farmer/Rancher  Wife,Mom & Grandma  No Farms, No food. 
If you want house chickens and ducks in diapers then this is the forum for you.
I've got 50+ years of poultry experience, but this 'poultry' forum isn't for me anymore.
If you're going to complain about farmers, don't do it with a full belly or a mouthful.
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I'm a Farmer/Rancher  Wife,Mom & Grandma  No Farms, No food. 
If you want house chickens and ducks in diapers then this is the forum for you.
I've got 50+ years of poultry experience, but this 'poultry' forum isn't for me anymore.
If you're going to complain about farmers, don't do it with a full belly or a mouthful.
Reply
post #25 of 33
7/26/11 at 4:45pm

They are not so cute when they are running in your house and chewing on your things!!!!  eeeewwwwww

Grrrrr!!!!
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Grrrrr!!!!
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post #26 of 33
7/26/11 at 5:19pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Katy 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mac in abilene 

Whack 'em with a shovel.


X2


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  I had to do it once, while I was crying not wanting too.. But am soo glad I did..  Hate Rats

two dd ages 4 and 2, dh who encourges my craziness, 1 german sheperd dog, 13 laying hens, raising meaties as needed, turkerys as needed and would love to raise pigs
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two dd ages 4 and 2, dh who encourges my craziness, 1 german sheperd dog, 13 laying hens, raising meaties as needed, turkerys as needed and would love to raise pigs
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post #27 of 33
7/26/11 at 5:20pm

Kill them!!!!!!!!!  And kill any rat or mouse you see.  I had a mouse kill one of my baby chicks (the first chick hatched last year).

I used to live in Columbus Ohio and we lived in basement apartments when I was really young and we had rats bigger than kittens crawling over us and thank heavens we didn't live in those places too long.  Same thing as a older teen we had a creek next to our house and when the creek flooded we had some pretty huge sewer rats come into the house. We had a field mouse get into the chicken house recently and I am happy to say it is now dead and I am keeping an eye out to see if there are others.  I used to have hamsters and they would reproduce every 3 weeks if the male got to the female.

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post #28 of 33
7/30/11 at 9:05am

kill them now!!!!!!!!!! like all animals they are cute now but they wont be when they kill you chickens and chicks and steal your eggs.. i know it sound mean but i just shoot them with a pellet gun or something. don't torture them though. or you can release them way out in the woods somewhere far away

I have 6 happy black star hens Niecy, Nantee, Violet, Chickira, Alice, and Kayla. 2 buff orpington hens Goldie and Tweety, 3 barred rock hens named Salt, Pepper, and Rocky. 3 white rocks named Shirley, Gurdy, and Patsy. 2 speckled sussex named Freckles and Ruby. 2 new hampshire reds named Reba and Ginger. And Duke, my delaware rooster.And 2 brand new chicks who hatched on 6/12/12
 

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I have 6 happy black star hens Niecy, Nantee, Violet, Chickira, Alice, and Kayla. 2 buff orpington hens Goldie and Tweety, 3 barred rock hens named Salt, Pepper, and Rocky. 3 white rocks named Shirley, Gurdy, and Patsy. 2 speckled sussex named Freckles and Ruby. 2 new hampshire reds named Reba and Ginger. And Duke, my delaware rooster.And 2 brand new chicks who hatched on 6/12/12
 

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post #29 of 33
7/30/11 at 9:17am

Just to temper all of this a bit...........if your coop is secure this is probably nearly a nonissue. If it isn't secure, I would make it secure (hardware cloth is a beautiful thing) because there will always be critters nearby and you will have this dilemma again and again. At a location where my feathered friends used to live, rats showed up and took up residence in the coop insulation. It wasn't until we critter-proofed the coop (so they couldn't get in at night) that the problem truly disappeared, and it was almost immediate resolution. 

JJ

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world" ~Ghandhi

"Procrastinate now. Don't put it off." ~Ellen Degeneres
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world" ~Ghandhi

"Procrastinate now. Don't put it off." ~Ellen Degeneres
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post #30 of 33
7/30/11 at 9:24am

Hardware cloth will not solve a rat problem unfortunately. The rats can and will  bite off toes of big hens andbite off legs of baby chicks through half in. by half in. Hardware cloth. If you use the 1/4 by 1/4 then the poop wont go through so you have defeated the purpose of a wire floor anyway.

Please visit us at http://pawheadpoultry.com to view our selection of hatching eggs and chicks for sale.

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Please visit us at http://pawheadpoultry.com to view our selection of hatching eggs and chicks for sale.

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