Slugs/snails

Davesnave

Bunnygirl wrote: »

I go out at night and pick them up and take them to the local field.

That's what I used to do with girls, but I'm too old now!

Mojisola

Davesnave wrote: »

Interesting! When I gave mine some, they just turned up their beaks. Not sure how they react to snails, as we don't have many, but I'll go look for a few and test them out.

Chooks have their own likes and dislikes - I'd never have thought that chickens had "personalities" until we had our first ones.

Yours probably have more refined tastes than ours!:rotfl:

Davesnave

Mojisola wrote: »

Yours probably have more refined tastes than ours!:rotfl:

I only tried that with the pure breeds. We've moved down-market since then, so it's worth another go, I suppose!

A._Badger

Mojisola wrote: »

Chooks have their own likes and dislikes - I'd never have thought that chickens had "personalities" until we had our first ones.

Yours probably have more refined tastes than ours!:rotfl:

I can't get ours to eat either slugs or snails!

Spirit_2

Davesnave wrote: »

Interesting! When I gave mine some, they just turned up their beaks. Not sure how they react to snails, as we don't have many, but I'll go look for a few and test them out.

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My chooks do not eat slugs either.

lostinrates

Some of my chickens seem to have an actual slug phobia , up running away from them. I've never been able to convince a chicken, purebred, fancy hybrids nor ex batt to eat slugs and snails. Leather jackets on the other hand......:).

Mojisola

lostinrates wrote: »

Some of my chickens seem to have an actual slug phobia , up running away from them. I've never been able to convince a chicken, purebred, fancy hybrids nor ex batt to eat slugs and snails. Leather jackets on the other hand......:).

Leather jackets - total gourmet food judging by the chickens' reaction to them!

I'm beginning to think we've got some really weird chooks - doesn't anyone else's birds like slugs and snails?

lostinrates

Mojisola wrote: »

Leather jackets - total gourmet food judging by the chickens' reaction to them!

I'm beginning to think we've got some really weird chooks - doesn't anyone else's birds like slugs and snails?

Mine like mice....:Dthey wrestle the cats for what ever they have caught. . Mine also had a taste for sloworms:o. Luckily no sloworms that I have seen here, so the population is safe now.

Mojisola

lostinrates wrote: »

Mine like mice....:Dthey wrestle the cats for what ever they have caught. . Mine also had a taste for sloworms:o

I've never seen sloworms in our garden but ours also love mice (swallow them whole!) and I have to watch out for frogs and toads because if a couple of hens can get hold of them, they tear them apart alive.

Some people seem to think that chickens are cute little vegetarians - ours are just mini-dinosaurs.

andygb

I have also been trying to eradicate the horrible slugs and snails, because last year, my crop of greenhouse salad leaves and marigolds were decimated.
I managed to save the outdoor plants by putting sharp sand in the containers and boxes, but this year I am going to try something a bit different.
I reckon that sandpaper around the bottom of pots or the surround/base of greenhouse shelves would work, as it is very abrasive, so I shall see how much I can get at 99p or £1 shop.
I will have to do it in the next couple of days, because my latest batch of mini plug plants have to go out in the little greenhouses, and I don't want the slimy, crawly things to look on my garden as some kind of fine dining establishment.