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[TheChookKeeper]

I know - not the most delightful subject... especially coming up to dinner time...

 

But I am just wondering, all you ladies out there who send your husbands out to wee in the garden (are they still allowed indoors too?) to scare away foxes...

 

Do you make them GO outside... or do you use some kind of recepticle?

 

We had a VERY near miss with a gigantic fox and our ducks this morning - luckily sister-dearest shot out the back door whilst making breakfast (she's a good sister!) as she saw the little blighter jump over the fence.

If she hadn't been there - I'd rather not think what would have happened to them!

 

But yes, I was thinking I might try this whole "marking your territory" thing

I was just curious what you made your husbands use! Everything I have thought of sounds a bit rank!

 

THanks!

[moomin]

I think some people use recepticles, jugs, fairy liquid bottles, watering cans and the like

 

But when the fox visited us back in April last year my husband just went out and did it. I think he quite enjoyed the freedom

 

Luckily our garden is quite secluded

[mostin]

My OH is more than happy to go in the garden. We don't have a downstairs loo so now he's loving having an excuse to go out the back door and "go" in the garden rather than walk upstairs .

 

I must point out though that my OH has no shame and even walked up the garden to wee on the compost heaps before we got the girls, now he just has a different reason to go outdoors.

 

In answer to your question he doesn't go in any kind of recepticle he just tries to go on a different part of the perimeter each time.

 

He also encourages all male visitors to join in the fun .

[moomin]

Men - they are so base

[Hen Watch]

I don't send hubbie out.

 

But I when I cut his hair I keep that and stuff it in old unwashed socks and hang it around the garden in bushes and off the fence. Doesn't look attractive at all and no idea if it works but I still do it.

[TheChookKeeper]

 

All this laughing... I'm going to have to go again!!!

 

Thanks everyone! We men are awful... any excuse to revert to base instincts!

 

Hen Watch - interesting point on the hair... wonder if that does work... I usually chuck mine in the compost heap... dearest sister is beginning to think if I should just move out, and live on the compost heap...

[moomin]

Ooops - sorry Steve didn't realise you were a bloke. Going to have to take more notice of signatures

[TheChookKeeper]

Quite OK... I know we're outnumbered about 200 to 1 here... so I'm just going to keep quite and agree with you all

 

I quite agree - any opportunity to be disgusting, and I'm there... with bells on!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

My OH was happy to wee in an old sports bottle when the girls first arrived. The novelty's worn off now however and he uses the toilet - men, honestly .

[mostin]

Quite OK... I know we're outnumbered about 200 to 1 here... so I'm just going to keep quite and agree with you all

 

I quite agree - any opportunity to be disgusting, and I'm there... with bells on!

 

It's my OH's favourite part of chook keeping I think .

[poachedegg]

When we first got chickens OH was quite happy to 'go' in the garden when it was dark...then we had a sensor light put in!!!

[Egluntyne]

Bit of both tbh.

[tara]

Ive been reading and cant stop laughing

[Redwing]

I make my husband 'go' outside around the Eglu run and also on the compost heap as its a good compost activator

 

Like they need any encouragement to wee outside anyway!

 

I also compost his hair clippings when I cut his hair but have also heard that they work as a fox deterrant, I think the hair needs to be a bit dirty and smelly/greasy for best results but like I said - its not like blokes need an excuse to be gross anyway

[KAZAROO]

My OH is more than happy to go in the garden. We don't have a downstairs loo so now he's loving having an excuse to go out the back door and "go" in the garden rather than walk upstairs .

 

I must point out though that my OH has no shame and even walked up the garden to wee on the compost heaps before we got the girls, now he just has a different reason to go outdoors.

 

In answer to your question he doesn't go in any kind of recepticle he just tries to go on a different part of the perimeter each time.

 

He also encourages all male visitors to join in the fun .

 

Mine too usually with a beer in hand.....

[Henhathnofury]

We have an outside gardener's loo - so my OH does it in a jug and er...distributes it to scare of Mr Fox. One day though my little nephew came to play and horror of horrors, he ran off with the jug to play in the garden.

 

'Not that one!' squeaked my OH and we then had the embarassing task of explaining our mad life with chickens...

[Mazzarina]

Of course, it's an added talent to be able to get all the way round an Eglu and run in one go, as it were... My OH is doing his best!

[mostin]

Of course, it's an added talent to be able to get all the way round an Eglu and run in one go, as it were... My OH is doing his best!

 

Very true. It's never too late for skills in control and aiming to be honed to perfection (or even learned in the 1st place )

[Minnie the Moocher]

[mostin]

 

[The Dogmother]

Sorry to be a spoilsport, but human urine attracts rats to a compost heap, so if you have ratties in your area it's perhaps not the best thing to do..

[Minnie the Moocher]

Oh Claret, you've caught me just in time.

 

I was halfway out the door, Andrex in hand...

[The Dogmother]

Oh Claret, you've caught me just in time.

 

I was halfway out the door, Andrex in hand...

 

 

My neighbour was always peeing on his compost heap and then complained that he had rats.. it was really good fun to inform the old moaner about the rat attraction thing

[Minnie the Moocher]

I think there's a good chance my neighbour would be able to see me atop the compost heap from an upstairs window in the time it would take me to... er... perform.

 

Men have the right equipment for speed in that department.

[DorianGray]

Of course, it's an added talent to be able to get all the way round an Eglu and run in one go, as it were... My OH is doing his best!

 

Very true. It's never too late for skills in control and aiming to be honed to perfection (or even learned in the 1st place )

 

 

All around the Eglu eh? Now that is a challenge! Speaking as one of the small, but significant, minority on here who stand up for #1's I've been reading these posts with some amusement.

 

I regularly "mark my territory" (well so does the dog & he contributes NOTHING to the mortgage) around the girls which I claim keeps the foxes away. All i need to do now is something about next-door's feral cats whilst not harming my own. I wasn't aware of the potential rat problem - but this would be an excuse for putting down traps for the blighters.