kayandrob Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Am I the only one how has loads of yukky slugs in the run and eglu? this morning I picked out loads of the horrible things and they were all the disgusting big orange ones!!! Anyone have any tips at keeping them at bay? I also found some in the chickens food!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poplars Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I haven't seen the slugs but I have seen the trails running through the chicken's food, only hope that the chickens have been eating them... No idea why they are there though or how to get rid of them if your chooks don't eat them... Eve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayandrob Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 I think because they are still only young and quite small the chickens don't eat them and these slugs are massive!!! wonder if there is anything I can put down to stop them thats ok for the chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChirpyChirpyCheepCheep Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Do you leave their food and water out overnight? I bring in the grub and glug once the girls have gone to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayandrob Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 yes i bring it in and within minutes of putting it out a gang of slugs are there!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChirpyChirpyCheepCheep Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Sooo. . . What your saying is. . . You have pet slugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I heard slugs hate coffee grounds. Not sure of your set up so this may 'trap' them inside your run but you could sprinkle the coffee all round their pen? Either that or get the scissors out to make them smaller for your chooks following the rule that 'anything our hen-mum has in her hands (or trowel) must be tastier than anything else in here' rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayandrob Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 hehe yes we seem to have pet slugs will try the coffee granuals next and let you know if they stick around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jools+6 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 i know this sounds disgusting but we have slugs that actually come into the house at night !!! neighbours the same . all you see is the trails next morning . we have a high watertable and think it's the problem .. the thing we use now is salt . cheap table salt . but if the horrid things are under the run it's no use putting it round the run , perhaps a light sprinkling in the run at night and hose it off the next morning ? starngely enough we dont have a problem in the run at all touch wood we used to think it was the hard flooring that let them in because we have the wooden floor in the front room and lino in the kitchen but nothing in the back room (slate) or hall (tiles) . then nextdoor said they were getting trails on their carpets why do slugs exist they are disgusting ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Kayandrob I believe coffee grounds from spent filtered coffee is what i was advised. It worked in the tub of my tomatoes. Not sure how granules would work when they get wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I have read that a jar top filled with beer will attact slugs, which they will drown in. Not sure if it work as I've not tried it. My girls have developed a taste for the creatures. FINALLY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 have read that a jar top filled with beer will attact slugs, which they will drown in. Not sure if it work as I've not tried it. My girls have developed a taste for the creatures. FINALLY! LOL, with or without the beer!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 have read that a jar top filled with beer will attact slugs, which they will drown in. Not sure if it work as I've not tried it. My girls have developed a taste for the creatures. FINALLY! LOL, with or without the beer!?! Oooops Without the beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayandrob Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 hehe I was worried for a mo as to whether chickens have a thing for beer! Might have to convince hubby to open a beer tonight then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 get the scissors out to make them smaller for your chooks Are you seriously saying you would pick up a massive slug and a pair of scisors and chop it into pieces!!! I can hardly bare to touch the things! I can not imagine doing that! Not that I'm soft on slugs you understand. Id be over the moon if they stop existing, but slugs are disgusting enough to start with, but the thought of cutting one up........... thats just 100 times more disgusting. IN fact, I shall have to stop thinking about it right now! ps we have had an invasion of slugs recently...... the HUGE orange ones. In the coop and the kitchen! My girls seem to have very specific likes and dislikes about which slugs taste good and which slugs are clearly horrible and not even worth looking at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Put some diatom round where they go and they will die! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Put some diatom round where they go and they will die! You sound like the slug terminator! No messing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayandrob Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 After all these suggestions I won't have any slugs left to try these on hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Put some diatom round where they go and they will die! That is worth knowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephine77 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 get the scissors out to make them smaller for your chooks Are you seriously saying you would pick up a massive slug and a pair of scisors and chop it into pieces!!! I can hardly bare to touch the things! I can not imagine doing that! Not that I'm soft on slugs you understand. Id be over the moon if they stop existing, but slugs are disgusting enough to start with, but the thought of cutting one up........... thats just 100 times more disgusting. IN fact, I shall have to stop thinking about it right now! ps we have had an invasion of slugs recently...... the HUGE orange ones. In the coop and the kitchen! My girls seem to have very specific likes and dislikes about which slugs taste good and which slugs are clearly horrible and not even worth looking at. I just had to say I've just read this thread and am sitting here chuckling to myself out loud I must admit, I think I too would struggle to cut them up - but I take my hat off to anyone who's brave enough to try it. I recently got angry with some slugs who were eating my seedlings so I went out at midnight in my dressing gown and 'salted' them muttering "Die you beasts!" ...once I'd got over my moment of evilness, I was racked with guilt, and although not a particularly religeous person do worry that I now have a black mark against me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckov Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Ginger adores slugs, and will eat them, even the big ones. One went straight through the other day though undigested - disgusting! We haven't had a slug problem this year for the first year ever. I think it might be a jam jar of beer which you 'plant' in a hole in the soil? Don't know how much beer to put in though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I think it might be a jam jar of beer which you 'plant' in a hole in the soil? Don't know how much beer to put in though! Yes That is what I read a while back. I think an inch or two should work. I think they are attracted to the yeast, and they fall in and drown. But at least they die happy. Beats getting cut to shreads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I have read that a jar top filled with beer will attact slugs, which they will drown in. Not sure if it work as I've not tried it. My girls have developed a taste for the creatures. FINALLY! Yep,beer traps work,but i found years back the cheap supermarket stuff attracts them best.Fill jars or whatever you have,dig a hole and submerge it so the rim is level with soil.The slug smells the beer and simply drowns. Must admit though that since getting the chooks-my slug and snail population has decreased by around 95%!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oatley Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I have found that bringing the food in helps. They have a great slug trap in Lakeland which has been given some rave reviews. I am going to get one or two of them. The up side is that I have noticed several frogs in the garden, who I guess are feasting on the slugs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 get the scissors out to make them smaller for your chooks Are you seriously saying you would pick up a massive slug and a pair of scisors and chop it into pieces!!! I can hardly bare to touch the things! I can not imagine doing that! Not that I'm soft on slugs you understand. Id be over the moon if they stop existing, but slugs are disgusting enough to start with, but the thought of cutting one up........... thats just 100 times more disgusting. IN fact, I shall have to stop thinking about it right now! ps we have had an invasion of slugs recently...... the HUGE orange ones. In the coop and the kitchen! My girls seem to have very specific likes and dislikes about which slugs taste good and which slugs are clearly horrible and not even worth looking at. Oh there's no way I'd get THAT close to one of those big slugs anyway. Just a suggestion - if you had the stomach for it! LOL We only seem to get the little jobs so if i find them it's push onto a trowel with a long stick and chuck in for the chooks. Have 'crunched' a snail for the girls though - they wouldn't touch it other wise. Yuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
