BYC Café

[FridayYet]

Thanks for the coffee Margie and welcome Andrea.

Happy 4th of July everyone.

 

[WVduckchick]

Good day all! Happy 4th.

Welcome Andrea. Glad you all caught the bird. Funny what a few beers can make people do. Here, hold my beer and watch this.

I see some beer in my future this afternoon, but the coffee is awesome right now.

 

[pertnear09]

Just chiming in on how offering some beer sure does work to get people to offer you some help!! I had a small cookout yesterday and after a few beers, I was able to wrangle 3 people to come help me get my lost chicken out of some very terrible woods, thickets. 1 of the people was even wearing a skirt haha. We sure did catch her too.
BTW, I'm Andrea from upstate NY. I am an animal lover. I have 3 dogs, 3 cats and 10 pullets.

Hi Andrea and welcome to the café. Grab a cup and relax before you get your day started. Glad you retrieved your chicken.

 

[scottcaddy]

Just chiming in on how offering some beer sure does work to get people to offer you some help!! I had a small cookout yesterday and after a few beers, I was able to wrangle 3 people to come help me get my lost chicken out of some very terrible woods, thickets. 1 of the people was even wearing a skirt haha. We sure did catch her too.
BTW, I'm Andrea from upstate NY. I am an animal lover. I have 3 dogs, 3 cats and 10 pullets.

Good Morning! Andrea
Welcome to the Best little Café on BYC! Hope that you enjoy your stay and chat abit.
Yes, a few beers can induce wonders in some people, have any pic's of the great chicken roundup?
Scott

 

[sourland]

The bad news is that I am suffering with bleacher back today. The good news is that I caught the darn mouse that invaded our candy drawer.

 

[scottcaddy]

The bad news is that I am suffering with bleacher back today. The good news is that I caught the darn mouse that invaded our candy drawer.

for Sir Sour
Hope your back is back to normal soonest!
Scott

 

[WVduckchick]

The bad news is that I am suffering with bleacher back today. The good news is that I caught the darn mouse that invaded our candy drawer.

for the sore back
for the mouse. Playmate for Scaredy?? Nah, i hope you permanently "relocated" said candy thief.

 

[sourland]

Scaredy periodically leaves a dead deer mouse by my truck - as a present ? This critter was a house mouse, and sign was also located in the spare bedroom. I presently have 8 traps set.

'My' crows have fledged this years brood - 4. Add the parents and 3 survivors from last year, and the flock is now 9 strong. Hopefully West Nile will not deplete them. I think that 2 of last years young died of West Nile.

 

[pertnear09]

Scaredy periodically leaves a dead deer mouse by my truck - as a present ? This critter was a house mouse, and sign was also located in the spare bedroom. I presently have 8 traps set.

'My' crows have fledged this years brood - 4. Add the parents and 3 survivors from last year, and the flock is now 9 strong. Hopefully West Nile will not deplete them. I think that 2 of last years young died of West Nile.

I've got a mouse giving me a hard time. I've been setting sticky traps in his usual places but he just moves them and carries on . Guess I'll have to find a way to stabilize it somehow. Surely I can out smart a mouse?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Maybe try bucket traps? I read those work pretty well and are supposed to be more humane and stuff.

You just take a 5 gallon bucket and put a dowel across the opening and they fall in. I think some put a can on the dowel? More slippery. And some put peanut butter on the can to tempt them. And I think some put a few inches water in the bottor or cheerios on the water. They try to eat and fall in and can't get out. Oh and I think you also have to provide some sort or "ramp" or stairs to get up to the bucket, a small piece of wood works fine. And even a smart mouse (yours sounds very very smart!!!) can't outsmart it, at least theoretically, because it happens so fast. They try to eat, a necessity for all animals, and then they fall in. And actually I remembered: some people do no water and just release the mice elsewhere after catching, other people do water and drown them