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Dangerous Animals vs Growing Outdoors

kingfish oh no man, the poodle`s had it. That`s gotta be bad for the neighbourhood, mate. Folk aren`t keen on pets flying off into the sky. Mind you, neither are farmers but not lot you can do against UFO`s nicking your cows I reckon Redwasp ffs, even the bloody owls have attitude. Pitbulls need safe homes. Lot of respect for picking a rescue. Like that, good on you, mate.
 
oldjarhead100 Jesus ojh that Pineapple Chunks blew my tits off, mate. It`s got a kick and a half. Wasn`t expecting anything and just sat playing backgammon with a mate and we struggled to play the game. One of the most pokey ones to date for me but my grows are getting stronger as I`m learning and improving but you did say. Total respect for that shout mate, total respect.
 
Pagan, you're right about Pineapple Chunk. I got 1/2 jar left from my last grow. (It was a freebie) I don't dare smoke it unless I have nothing to do. It just knocks my Dick in the dirt.
 
Not outdoors but in my garage. Certainly can be dangerous, little buggers can cause shorts in electrical wires, urine and faeces from rodents can cause health issues (especially in babies), and if the chickens see mice or rats they won't lay eggs. Not to mention if they take up residence and settle in...

A week ago my wife said she thought she saw a mouse in the garage so I got an electronic deterrent, but apparently too small for the garage. Because last night she saw it for sure. So I looked under the washer and a shelving unit and saw some sign.

So...in 5 minutes I made a trap with a bucket, tig rod, empty water bottle, and a grading stake for a ramp to the bait. Placed trap at 11. Checked at 630 and found results!

I tried to encourage it to find residence elsewhere but it insisted on setting up shop in my shop. So off with its head!
 

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Wow your chickens won't lay with them around? When mine find mice and rats it's like the rumble in the jungle. The chickens will kill each other over who gets to eat them.

However when I left town a few weeks back I took my dogs. I came home 5 days later to 20 less chickens. The raccoons got to them and went to town. My dogs have a dog door on the back and they love nothing more than protecting our animals.
 
I saw this thing on facebook about putting a kiddie pool with 2 inches of water and a bunch of gold fish in the chicken yard pretty funny mine like mice to
 
Yeah Redwasp, we have always raised chickens too, I have seen hens eat dead hens, roosters kill and eat hens, and hens eat dead roosters.
That scratch feed ain't all chickens will eat, they will eat damn near anything, we have even seen chickens eat dead pigeons. They ain't the cleanest birds in the flock, that's for sure, but we eat the sh-t out of the yardbirds, at my house. Tastes like chicken to me.
 
Another synchronistic event much like Jung's scarab beetle. Strangely just yesterday I discovered a dead mouse in the chicken coop in their watering pan. This little mousey got a bigger drink than he intended, and now he's a star on the internet.
 
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Not outdoors but in my garage. Certainly can be dangerous, little buggers can cause shorts in electrical wires, urine and faeces from rodents can cause health issues (especially in babies), and if the chickens see mice or rats they won't lay eggs. Not to mention if they take up residence and settle in...

A week ago my wife said she thought she saw a mouse in the garage so I got an electronic deterrent, but apparently too small for the garage. Because last night she saw it for sure. So I looked under the washer and a shelving unit and saw some sign.

So...in 5 minutes I made a trap with a bucket, tig rod, empty water bottle, and a grading stake for a ramp to the bait. Placed trap at 11. Checked at 630 and found results!

I tried to encourage it to find residence elsewhere but it insisted on setting up shop in my shop. So off with its head!
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This mousey got a bigger drink than he wanted in the chicken's watering pan in the coop. Just discovered it yesterday. The chickens don't eat the mice that are attracted because of all of the chicken feed, but they do love a wounded grasshopper. During last years grasshopper plague I would step on a hopper, and then toss it into the coop. The lucky one would grab it, and run like hell with the others in hot pursuit. Looked like a fricken basketball game. I wanted to take a video, and upload it to youtube, but never got around to it.
 

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I had a hell of a time locating the source of the dead rotting smell in my barn. I had to disassemble part of the wall to find a mouse electrocuted on top of the light switch. Whew what a stink! I have modified Victor mouse traps in there now. The original trigger mechanisms take too much pressure to set them off the mice eating the bait. I have solved this by giving the traps a hair trigger which can be set off with the slightest touch. These modified traps get them every time. Hey, "I've built a better mouse trap".

I have to take these measures because I store astronomical equipment in my barn. I have a $6000 premium Newtonian mirror that I don't want mice dancing (or shitting) on.

Probably need to change the subject of this thread to "Of Mice and Men".
 
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