Alexandra Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Can chicks/chickens eat slugs,snails and other garden pests Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Yes, all of those & more, just leave them to it, they all have different favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 There were 19 of the blighters on my kitchen floor first thing this morning and 1 crawling up the dishwasher door. The smaller ones are inside the chickens, the huge ones are under a layer of salt.. *shudder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 (I have always wanted to use that emoticon!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 My girls say ,"yum-yum" to slugs Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Egluntine, you have my sympathy - our old house had a kitchen that was a slug magnet - they used to crawl in the cat-flap, and during the night, the floor would be covered in them. Tigger and Hartley would manfully try and munch their way through the hoards, but there would always be more the next night. It was a bit of a minefield if you went into the kitchen at night for a glass of water. . We used to spread salt on the kitchen step to try and deter them. I HATE SLUGS!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 My girls LOVE slugs.............and any other wriggly things you can find in the garden. Chickens are the best organic slug control you can have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 My girls turn their beaks up at big slugs, like the ones sliding along our garden path. Slug eggs on the other hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Mine love slugs too, it's the main reason I got them as I also HATE slugs, make my skin crawl. Now I go round the garden slug hunting and feeding them to the girls I've heard some say the chickens don't like the really big ones, so I wondered how mine would take to a whopper I found the other day. Florrie is a superstar slug buster - she beat it to death then shared the innards with the others. But slugs in the kitchen would completely finish me off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannyCat Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 We get slugs which crawl through the air brick from the garden, behind the cupboards We tried laying down slug pellets by the air brick, but the girls ate the pellets!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Egluntine, you have my sympathy - our old house had a kitchen that was a slug magnet - they used to crawl in the cat-flap, and during the night, the floor would be covered in them. Tigger and Hartley would manfully try and munch their way through the hoards, but there would always be more the next night. It was a bit of a minefield if you went into the kitchen at night for a glass of water. . We used to spread salt on the kitchen step to try and deter them. I HATE SLUGS!!!!! Good idea about the salt! I've put a strip of Copper Slug Barrier Tape along the step, but will put a line of salt too. Ta for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 i know it sounds a bit odd but i would feel really guilty about feeding anything living to another animal. i've always had a thing about animals and i like them all. (i know i sound like a hippie!) i would be fine about my chooks eating what they find but actally picking them up and watching them being pecked to death is really hard to watch. iam not being mean or anything i've just always been the one to sob my heart out when watching nature programs (bill oddie gets me going, when a hawk comes back to the nest with a baby mouse or something) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I hate slugs too and so do my chooks, but I have accidentally discovered that Hemcore/Aubiose is pretty effective at stopping them - I think it's because it's dry and a bit sharp. I have sprinkled some around the base of my Tradescantia plant, which is a slug magnet and they seem to be keeping away. Those that have ventured on it have exuded a load of slime and headed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 What a good idea Clare. Do you put it on "neat" or grind it up a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I've found that if you scatter egg shells, that it keeps them at bay. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I just put it on straight from the bale I've tried eggshells and they don't seem to work, perhaps I grind them too small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Those that have ventured on it have exuded a load of slime and headed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Blue Sky Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 i know it sounds a bit odd but i would feel really guilty about feeding anything living to another animal. i've always had a thing about animals and i like them all. (i know i sound like a hippie!) i would be fine about my chooks eating what they find but actally picking them up and watching them being pecked to death is really hard to watch. iam not being mean or anything i've just always been the one to sob my heart out when watching nature programs (bill oddie gets me going, when a hawk comes back to the nest with a baby mouse or something) Ha ha come round my house one day when I am preparing "slug kebabs" for the birdies - I impale them on wooden kebab sticks and thrust them into the ground Vlad the Impaler stylee for the garden birds - they love them! No really, I am a bit of a hippy too, but I draw the line at slugs. Once I trod on one and it popped and all its insides went up my leg so I have no fellow feeling for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 i know it sounds a bit odd but i would feel really guilty about feeding anything living to another animal. i've always had a thing about animals and i like them all. (i know i sound like a hippie!) i would be fine about my chooks eating what they find but actally picking them up and watching them being pecked to death is really hard to watch. I am exactly the same! However when Flump was poorly with sour crop i gave her white maggots. If its a choice between my chook possibly dying or a few maggots kicking the bucket then its the maggots every time! Chicken04 are you a vegatarian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 i was a vegatarian until i became ill and wasnt eating much so the doctor told me i have to eat meat (which i kicked up a HUGE fuss about) and he won so at the moment i have to eat meat for protine and what-not but i still dont like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
