I vividly remember a few people bragging what wonderful mousers their chickens are, and here we are thinking "What's WRONG with our birds???" LOL
Without our knowledge, the mouse population BOOMED at my best friends house over the winter.!!!
EEEK..!!!
Soooooo..... We set 20+ traps around her coop, and within hours they were all FULL.!!!
At first, we were tossing the mice out, but then I came up with something clever... (Although a bit nasty!)
I told my friend to start saving the mice and when she gets a bit, bring it over to my house.
Within the week, we had a big gallon-sized ziploc bag full of the little vermin! (which I kept in my freezer)
Big, FAT, sassy, grain-fed mice.!!! LOL
Once the bag was full, I pulled out a big pot, threw the mice in, added some salt, covered with water, and boiled for a little while to make them nice and tender (and to kill any potential pathogens). Once cooked, I strained the little vermin (WARNING: They smell like raw liver, and the skin tends to start peeling!). Then I put them back in the pot to cool off. Once they were cool enough to eat, I went out with the pot, and dumped the cooked mice on the ground...
The chickens went CRAZY..!!! They were running around with mice hanging from their mouths!
It was SOOO funny.!!!
EVERYTHING was eaten! Heads with skulls, fur, tails, feet, EVERYTHING. Nothing was wasted!
More than half of the birds at my house belong to my best friend, and one of them, an agile, beautiful Andalusian, affectionately named Andy, grabbed a mouse, and started running around with it, clucking proudly while holding it by the head, and being chased in circles by the other hens. Once the hens gave up, Andy decided she would swallow the mouse whole, starting at the head, she managed to get the whole mouse down, except the feet and tail! It was HISTERICAL!!! There she stood, with a foot sticking out of each side of her beak, and a tail in the middle!!! LOL She finally managed to get it down, but it was SOOO funny.!!!
It was a feeding FRENZY for a good half an hour.!!! And afterwards, all the hens were walking around happily with crops full of cooked mice! LOL
I know this may sound grose to some people, but I thought, what the heck, FREE extra protein.!
I am TOTALLY going to do it again.!!! LOL (Next time taking photos!) LoL
Without our knowledge, the mouse population BOOMED at my best friends house over the winter.!!!
EEEK..!!!
Soooooo..... We set 20+ traps around her coop, and within hours they were all FULL.!!!
At first, we were tossing the mice out, but then I came up with something clever... (Although a bit nasty!)
I told my friend to start saving the mice and when she gets a bit, bring it over to my house.
Within the week, we had a big gallon-sized ziploc bag full of the little vermin! (which I kept in my freezer)
Big, FAT, sassy, grain-fed mice.!!! LOL
Once the bag was full, I pulled out a big pot, threw the mice in, added some salt, covered with water, and boiled for a little while to make them nice and tender (and to kill any potential pathogens). Once cooked, I strained the little vermin (WARNING: They smell like raw liver, and the skin tends to start peeling!). Then I put them back in the pot to cool off. Once they were cool enough to eat, I went out with the pot, and dumped the cooked mice on the ground...
The chickens went CRAZY..!!! They were running around with mice hanging from their mouths!
It was SOOO funny.!!!
EVERYTHING was eaten! Heads with skulls, fur, tails, feet, EVERYTHING. Nothing was wasted!
More than half of the birds at my house belong to my best friend, and one of them, an agile, beautiful Andalusian, affectionately named Andy, grabbed a mouse, and started running around with it, clucking proudly while holding it by the head, and being chased in circles by the other hens. Once the hens gave up, Andy decided she would swallow the mouse whole, starting at the head, she managed to get the whole mouse down, except the feet and tail! It was HISTERICAL!!! There she stood, with a foot sticking out of each side of her beak, and a tail in the middle!!! LOL She finally managed to get it down, but it was SOOO funny.!!!
It was a feeding FRENZY for a good half an hour.!!! And afterwards, all the hens were walking around happily with crops full of cooked mice! LOL
I know this may sound grose to some people, but I thought, what the heck, FREE extra protein.!
I am TOTALLY going to do it again.!!! LOL (Next time taking photos!) LoL
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