Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[drstratton]

Not theirs, yours!

Now Alex, that's what I said about yours....tsk, tsk!

 

[drstratton]

So, in 35 years of living on our property, I've never seen a rat. Until yesterday... Of course our phones are always listening, , so I get a suggestion for a video on how to kill said rodents, before I even had a chance to search. I think I'm going to try it. Along with my son's bucket trap.

For all those frustrated with those nasty creatures, this might just work. This video came out 5 days ago.

 

[Sylvester017]

Not theirs, yours!

 

[Sylvester017]

So, in 35 years of living on our property, I've never seen a rat. Until yesterday... Of course our phones are always listening, , so I get a suggestion for a video on how to kill said rodents, before I even had a chance to search. I think I'm going to try it. Along with my son's bucket trap.

For all those frustrated with those nasty creatures, this might just work. This video came out 5 days ago.

Thx for posting. Will show this to DH if he wants to try this food bait in our trap which has been successful so far. He's been using cheese cubelets &/or packaged creamy cheese-filled cheese crackers as bait. Adding bacon or tallow sounds like a good idea too. Kaput sounds like too long to wait for results IMO plus I wouldn't want a chicken to inadvertently ingest any of a rodent's dangerous Kaput droppings around the yard!

Seems every year there are new critters to eradicate ~ one year it's ants, another crickets, another spiders, another slugs, another wasps, another earwigs, etc... seems this is the year of the rats!

 

[rural mouse]

So, in 35 years of living on our property, I've never seen a rat. Until yesterday... Of course our phones are always listening, , so I get a suggestion for a video on how to kill said rodents, before I even had a chance to search. I think I'm going to try it. Along with my son's bucket trap.

For all those frustrated with those nasty creatures, this might just work. This video came out 5 days ago.

Bucket traps work VERY well for mice. You're going to need something bigger for rats....like a 30+ gallon trash can. Like Sylvester said, keeping poison away from your ladies (including any dead bodies) is also important. FWIW, if you can find their den area, block all the exits and pack some dry ice into it. That will kill them without poison.

 

[Ponypoor]

Wow! They sure love your pumpkins! None of our chickens ever went for pumpkins... however crisp-cooked buttered zucchini slices or well-cooked white sweet potato well-buttered has been a delicacy here. Zucchini plant leaves get enormous so I'm thinking a different type of squash as a trial next year. As huge as tomato plants get, tomatoes are still more manageable than huge zucchini leaves.

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Of course, the leaves are great for hiding... my BYC avatar "Taffy"
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I had the thin out my tomato pants this year a couple of time! They grew well and put out lots of fruit, but just wouldn’t ripen with the heat

Petra is out with the main gang today

She’s up there in the shadow by that last doorway

That’s her

And now Butterscotch is not well, she’s moulting but this is more than a moult lethargy.

Not sure what the heck is going on with these guys.

 

[rural mouse]

I had the thin out my tomato pants this year a couple of time!

How do you manage not to squish when sitting down in these? Or is it a new way of saucing them?

 

[rural mouse]

Thirstyday

filling the tire on the spigot....I let it overflow....the "wild" water was more desirable.

 

[Ponypoor]

So, in 35 years of living on our property, I've never seen a rat. Until yesterday... Of course our phones are always listening, , so I get a suggestion for a video on how to kill said rodents, before I even had a chance to search. I think I'm going to try it. Along with my son's bucket trap.

For all those frustrated with those nasty creatures, this might just work. This video came out 5 days ago.

The husks etc fill them up and they starve. Theoretically. It didn’t work for me as far as I can tell. But I’ll try his way for the rats.

 

[Ponypoor]

How do you manage not to squish when sitting down in these? Or is it a new way of saucing them?

Very saucy of you