Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Love the symmetry, and then the little "fingers crossed" at the top!

I just love the bright red against the lavender. She's beautiful.

 

[BY Bob]

But what do you do with a bucket full of mice?

Good question..........

 

[BY Bob]

Good morning, Everyone at Fluffy Butt Acres!
Hope all is well.

Everyone seems healthy and happy here. How about yours?

 

[BY Bob]

A Very Special 2fer Tuesday

For all you lovers of glossy black hens.

Phyllis and Lilly enjoyed the garden together yesterday. It was worm city.

 

[bgmathteach]

And a few goats in with the chickens....

Yes, actually...but I'm not ready for them yet....need housing & STRONG fencing. Neighbors wouldn't like them chomping on their vegetation.

 

[bgmathteach]

But what do you do with a bucket full of mice?

Ummm, dispatch them, then feed the wildlife?

Or, if you want to raise BSFL, then slice open the belly after dispatching...and give them to the BSFL....they'll eat all but the skin & bones...and turn it into GREAT chicken 'food' that you can feed live OR dry and feed later......

 

[Emma-Daisy]

I just wanted to share an update for those who were interested. They passed the bill to eradicate the chickens. They changed the bill to say “population control” instead of “eradicate”. But at this point it’s the same thing So disappointed in those who were in favor of this.

This is really disappointing. I really wanted to visit Hawaii too but the wild chickens were the main reason I wanted to go, good job I didn't have many pennies is my holiday fund! Can't believe they have gone forward with this.

 

[bgmathteach]

Not sure this is exactly what you had in mind for a 2fer Tuesday, but here goes...my Tuesday 2fer:

 

[RoyalChick]

A Very Special 2fer Tuesday

For all you lovers of glossy black hens.
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Phyllis and Lilly enjoyed the garden together yesterday. It was worm city.

Ooooh! Look at all that green!!!
Maybe it is green chickens I have a thing for.
Thank you for sharing.

 

[RoyalChick]

Ummm, dispatch them, then feed the wildlife?

Or, if you want to raise BSFL, then slice open the belly after dispatching...and give them to the BSFL....they'll eat all but the skin & bones...and turn it into GREAT chicken 'food' that you can feed live OR dry and feed later......

Well I would give them directly to the chickens (unless someone tells me crows like them in which case they can share).
But how do you dispatch the bucket of mice? Drown them (cruel)? Put them in the mouse zapper (why not let them walk in on their own)? Gas them (dry ice maybe)? Feed them live to the chickens (they might escape)?
My point is that a kill trap takes out the extra step of dispatching them and does so in a rapid, humane and stress free way.