Is that where Easter eggs come from?
Happy Monday and Happy Labor Day to my fellow (USA) Americans. Gotta love 3-day weekends.
Everyone was alive and well this morning in the new digs. They'd shuffled thru the nest boxes a bit...I did the golf ball thing and they were on the floor. I freaked them out a bit with the broom, but they calmed right down when the food came out. I really don't want mice...so I hope to be able to sweep up most of the spills...and spill they will. I really need proper feeders. But it's only for a couple days.
Rodents (rabbits, rats, mice, squirrels, gophers, etc) are the scourge of city & farm life ~ the buggers have teeth that chew thru anything except metal! We caught 9 rats in the cage trap just in August & a cat caught one. We leave the trap out at dusk after the hens go to roost. We thought rats were too clever to trust entering a cage but follow instructions & it works! Then DH drowns the rodent while still inside the trap using a deep water-filled trash bin. He doesn't trust opening the cage till the rodent is dead. Those darn things move quick when alive! We tried sticky traps outdoors but were a waste ~ all we caught were crickets, spiders, lizards, & sparrows!
