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pjred
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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 Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: Slugs |
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Just heard an almighty racket in the garden. So I went to investigate. One of the girls had a nice juicy looking slug in her beak and all the rest are chasing her around the pen 
At least they'll get a bit more exercise |
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JC
Joined: 24 Mar 2008
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Location: Sussex
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Mine hate slugs! |
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Pekinout
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
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Location: Cornwall
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Yea mine too, I have to sling them out of the feed hopper or they won't eat the food because there's a slug in it. |
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pjred
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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1st time I've seen them go for one, they have been leaving them alone. Maybe now they are getting bigger, they fancy the odd fresh bait  |
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Pekinout
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
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Location: Cornwall
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Could be. Mine are all pretty young birds, and the slugs in their run after its rained are mega huge, so I dont think they'd manage to swallow one if they tried.
Had a rooster once that snatched a mouse away from one of my cats and threw his head back and gobbled it down whole... eeuuwwwwww |
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pjred
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| With all the rain lately the garden is over run with slugs. can't put any slug pellets down, cos I intend giving the girls a larger run in the not too distant future |
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grunty
Joined: 11 Apr 2008
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my lot, ducks and chooks all love snails  slugs i am not too sure about as I don't like collecting them and chucking them over the fence 
The upsetting bits are sloworms and frogs 
Thats not including best plants and tomatoes etc when they escape 
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jessjess
Joined: 28 May 2008
Posts: 218
Location: Derbyshire
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Wish mine would eat slugs we are over run with them |
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www.woodenart.org.uk
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 53
Location: shropshire
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Our chicken won't touch slugs either, which is a great pity ! |
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Pekinout
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
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Location: Cornwall
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe we should disguise the slugs as mice they might eat them then lol |
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crazypianolady
Joined: 26 Mar 2008
Posts: 793
Location: Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:47 am Post subject: |
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Mine eat slugs, snails, beetles, all manner of creepy crawlies I don't know the names of. I saw a frog hopping for its life the other evening! I just make sure I worm them properly at the appropriate intervals!  |
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monica
Joined: 26 Jul 2008
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Location: aldershot
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| mine eat anything that moves and pinch the fresh catch off each other - what a fuss it causes. does this cause worms then? |
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crazypianolady
Joined: 26 Mar 2008
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Location: Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Not necessarily, it's just that slugs and snails can be hosts to all sorts of parasites. So I play safe! |
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