The Front Porch Swing

[SonRise Silkies]

Ok...whats a Balut??? [Got a feeling I'm not gona like this!]

Question.....I am overrun with mice and until today had no cats, do you think it is possible to take these kittens when eating on there own, to capture them and tame them and then give them residence in the chicken house and tightly enclosed yard and make them grow up with the chickens and keep the mice out??
Give them litter box but I am sure the chickens would LOVE that! Don't want to think of my breakfast eggs as having been partially made from cat poo....
I have to figure a way to get these darn mice!!!!! The chickens catch and kill them if they can, but these mice are fast!

The house is insulated but the mice have gotten into the insulation behind the walls, my husband says tear the whole thing down, I HATE that idea!
Any ideas? Think this would work. Kinda like a dog in there only a kitty. Hey while we are on the subject of poop, don't the chickens eat the dog poo????
Sorry if I gagged you all

 

[LindaB220]

whimper ......whimper

Quick someone get her a BALUT!!

Lisa

Bahahahaha you are evil. heh heh

 

[Triple Willow]

whimper ......whimper

Quick someone get her a BALUT!!

Lisa

hahahaha

 

[Blooie]

@Leslie...Sounds good. I'm supposed to go check out a 10X20 chainlink dogpen. I like using those but I am going to have to arch some cattle panels across the top for the roof(s).

BRILLIANT!!!! We planned on using a dog kennel to but wondered what to do for the top! I love you, Willow!!!!!!

 

[TexasLisa]

Ok...whats a Balut??? [Got a feeling I'm not gona like this!]

Question.....I am overrun with mice and until today had no cats, do you think it is possible to take these kittens when eating on there own, to capture them and tame them and then give them residence in the chicken house and tightly enclosed yard and make them grow up with the chickens and keep the mice out??
Give them litter box but I am sure the chickens would LOVE that! Don't want to think of my breakfast eggs as having been partially made from cat poo....
I have to figure a way to get these darn mice!!!!! The chickens catch and kill them if they can, but these mice are fast!

The house is insulated but the mice have gotten into the insulation behind the walls, my husband says tear the whole thing down, I HATE that idea!
Any ideas? Think this would work. Kinda like a dog in there only a kitty. Hey while we are on the subject of poop, don't the chickens eat the dog poo????
Sorry if I gagged you all

A balut or balot is a developing duck embryo that is boiled alive and eaten in the shell. It is commonly sold as streetfood in the Philippines.


Good questions on kittens. I am wanting to get kittens for our place. We have rats. Not sure how to train the kittens to stay around the barn area. I don't think you need a litter box outside.

Lisa

 

[SonRise Silkies]

OK! THAT did it, I looked up Balut!

UNREAL! SICK< SICK SICK< cat poo sounds good beside that!!!!!

 

[LindaB220]

@Leslie...Sounds good. I'm supposed to go check out a 10X20 chainlink dogpen. I like using those but I am going to have to arch some cattle panels across the top for the roof(s).

That's a fabulous idea. I have a 7x12 one that I was thinking tin roofing. But you know, deep south has no snow so I could do with a tarp.

 

[Triple Willow]

BRILLIANT!!!!  We planned on using a dog kennel to but wondered what to do for the top!  I love you, Willow!!!!!!  

I have one that has 2"X4" wire on the top with a post that is supposed to keep it raised in the middle so everything will run off. It worked so-so but cattle panels will be MUCH better. I have another one that the roof was tarps hung just right to shed water or whatever. Not! This winter beat the snot out of that one!

 

[SonRise Silkies]

A balut or balot is a developing duck embryo that is boiled alive and eaten in the shell. It is commonly sold as streetfood in the Philippines.


Good questions on kittens. I am wanting to get kittens for our place. We have rats. Not sure how to train the kittens to stay around the barn area. I don't think you need a litter box outside.

Lisa

Thanks [I think] thats disgusting!!!!! Not to mention not real humane to the duck!
The litter box was for the cat to know where to put the "stuff" other wise it would have the whole chicken house with shavings and the whole fenced yard to go in.
Once he is in there he can't get out. If he learned that was all there is to the world then he/she might just do OK.
The place reaks of mice!!!! And I hte the dropping in the chickie food, can't be a good thing!

 

[SonRise Silkies]

BRILLIANT!!!! We planned on using a dog kennel to but wondered what to do for the top! I love you, Willow!!!!!!

OOOPS got to chime in here...If you don't cover that with a tarp then you will allow a lot of unwanted wild birds to come in and I mean the big type...hawks and such.
I use cow panel pens for the dogs and put some on the top and bottom both.
Got to cover it with small chicken wire....it makes a real good strong top though.