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[dgtierney]

We've never had any trouble with slugs since getting the girls some years ago, over the last month or so we noticed a few plants nibbled but thought nothing of it as we almost never see a slug - except the odd one the girls catch first thing in a morning in the run.

However over the weekend we were out 'late' for the first time in a while (1am) and when we got in we went to check the girls and there were HUNDREDS of slugs all around the run - especially around the "grub" feeder. By morning (6.30) there was no sign of any slugs again so we have no idea how long this has been happening. I had no idea slugs were bright enough to completely be out of the run before the girls even woke up!

 

I'd like to setup something to catch the slugs and feed them to the girls, rather than poison them - but I'm not sure the best way or how many slugs they are safe to eat in a day - especially if they are beer or molasses dipped! Does anyone have any hints?

[Blackrocksrock]

We bought Nemaslug to go in our compost bins and our wormery as we have loads and I was out the other night at the front of the house watering every slug I could see with the mixture!. Hate them and their slimy slimy trail. Mine dont eat the bigger ones

[Hippie Chick]

I can't help other than to suggest melons or watermelons halved, scooped out and the skins put in a sluggy area of the garden like domes for them to crawl under thinking it's a safe place for them to spend the day.

 

I've noticed as well that they don't attempt the larger ones, so now I have a garden with giant slugs and no little ones!

[sjp]

slugs mainly come out at night because it's damp which is also why they come out in the day when it's raining or rained

chickens will avoid certain breeds of slug mostly the ones that do most of the damage. out of my mob there's only 3 or 4 that will eat slugs any way and they only eat them once in a while

over the years I've tried most of the slug traps next to none of them were very effective

[gavclojak]

I ran out to the garden in the dark a few nights ago to chase away 2 foxes, yep 2...felt something between my toes and I hobbled back to the house with my toes pointing up thinking I had trod in a hidden dog poo but it was a slug.

 

Oh the panic, I tried to flick it out without touching it all the while making a guttural sound not heard in my house since my last labour in 1991!!!

[Charlottechicken]

felt something between my toes and I hobbled back to the house with my toes pointing up thinking I had trod in a hidden dog poo but it was a slug.

 

Eeeeeewwwww!!!

 

Have had little slugs on me a couple of times and it's just the worst feeling *shudders*

[Justadmin]

Eugh, treading on a slug must have been horrid. Bad enough stepping on a snail and hearing that sickening crunch underfoot

My girls aren't the least bit interested in slugs. Snails, yes. Slugs, no thanks. They take one sideways look at those big fat orange ones and walk off

[chooksRCute]

I also get slugs in the run at night...none of my girls seem interested in slugs or snails but love worms

On the positive side I'm sure I read somewhere that all the above carry nasty worm eggs & this is how the girls get infested, so maybe it's not to be encouraged!

[Luvachicken]

They take one sideways look at those big fat orange ones and walk off

Have a careful look at those ones. They could be the Spanish ones. They are massive and very heavy - for a slug - and bad. I now have them in my garden thinking for a long that time that they were just big slugs, now I know better.

 

On the positive side I'm sure I read somewhere that all the above carry nasty worm eggs & this is how the girls get infested, so maybe it's not to be encouraged!

I think you are right as I'm sure I have read that too.

[Beantree]

We also had a big slug problem in the form of big orange ones two years ago. They used to hide under the feeders and drinkers during the day, come out and eat the food at night and disappear before daylight leaving no evidence other than slimy trails on the ground. A few days checking under the feeders ad drinkers and a few early mornings catching the sneaky ones solved the problem. We disposed of about 200!

 

The chickens won't touch them which is just as well because they do carry worm eggs. I read they were a necessary intermediate stage in spreading a certain type of worm, but can't remember which type?

 

Caught just 6 this year.