What about flame thrower???
What makes the snake come out?
And make sure the hole is big enough for a snake that is full of rat.
What makes the snake come out?
And make sure the hole is big enough for a snake that is full of rat.
I don-t understand the layout inside the wall. Usually you would only access one space between two studs, unless you knew the rats had chewed holes through lots of studs, in which case I think you should worry about the strength of the wall.
@bill93?ÿ
I wondered the same thing.?ÿ?ÿ
"Snake" story:
Years ago I had a fairly large chicken pen and coop.?ÿ At any given time I probably had 50 to 60 laying hens and pullets.?ÿ The pen and coop was built to be varmint proof and worked pretty well.
I started noticing a small drop in egg production.?ÿ Moreover the chickens seemed a bit skittish in the mornings and were starting to occupy higher spots in the coop.?ÿ I took this to mean something was scaring them.?ÿ But no chickens were missing and the pen hadn't been breached.?ÿ I was at a loss.
Someone suggested I probably had a snake that was stealing eggs and that made sense.?ÿ Drawing from my long-deceased grandmother's book of tricks I carefully blew the yolk out of an egg and (tediously) filled it with table salt.?ÿ I placed it with a couple of good eggs near the floor and hoped for the best.
Sure enough the nest morning I found a rather large black snake half in and half out of the pen.?ÿ He was dead, probably from the salt.?ÿ His girth would have allowed him to slither in and out through some smaller gaps in the chicken wire.?ÿ But I found him pointed outward with a large egg shaped lump up against the wire keeping him from making an escape.?ÿ I'm guessing he was able to digest good eggs, but the salt must have done him in.?ÿ
You're so right.?ÿ A snake with an ingested rat would be sporting a noticeable lump for sure.?ÿ
Speaking of chickens.?ÿ Today, a friend and two co-workers are taking today off from work to butcher 100 chickens that they are sharing.?ÿ His wife was thrilled to know she had to go to work today.
What makes the snake come out?
And make sure the hole is big enough for a snake that is full of rat.
I don-t understand the layout inside the wall. Usually you would only access one space between two studs, unless you knew the rats had chewed holes through lots of studs, in which case I think you should worry about the strength of the wall.
I'd worry more about getting charged for arson, because if my dwelling was that infested I'd burn the place down with Jitterboogie's flame thrower suggestion. ?????ÿ
Speaking of chickens.?ÿ Today, a friend and two co-workers are taking today off from work to butcher 100 chickens that they are sharing.?ÿ His wife was thrilled to know she had to go to work today.
Years ago when I had chickens I was enamored with the concept of self-reliance.?ÿ Chicken eggs came easy enough (actually a little too easy) but I had my eye on packing my freezer full of self-produced chicken meat.
A pamphlet from the local ag-extension was all the instructions I needed.?ÿ I had even purchased a well used motorized plucker to remove their feathers.?ÿ With the help of my sons, six and nine, what could go wrong??ÿ
The instructions suggested I starve the doomed fowl for a 24 to 48 hour period to make sure their innards were as clean as possible.?ÿ I did that.?ÿ And with help of a coat hanger and machete I proceeded to kill, gut, pluck and scorch my treasured crop.
After about 3 or 4 I had a system down.?ÿ After 5 or 6 (when the kids ran off to play) I realized the size of my task.?ÿ By the time I had processed a dozen or so I was just plain sick of the guts, the feathers, the smell and the mess.?ÿ I think I cleaned about 2 and a half dozen chickens before I quit.?ÿ This made both me and the surviving birds happy.
And I don't know where those chickens went to eat during their starving period.?ÿ They were just about as full of chickensh*t as they ever were.?ÿ And if you think a chicken stinks on the outside...wait 'til you get to their insides.?ÿ?ÿ
I put up a good number of birds in the freezer.?ÿ I realized the pamphlet was probably written by some professor that had only seen a chicken up close at a KFC.?ÿ I never did that again.?ÿ I had so many eggs for a few years that I gave away far more than we ever ate.
Every time I buy a package of raw chicken at the Piggly Wiggly I have to smile a little.?ÿ It's so easy to just tear open the cellophane and cook it...without a feather in sight.
My dad and one of his brothers got the same chicken farming idea when I was a teenager.?ÿ They bought 100 chicks for a dollar each, fed them for a couple months or however long, and then broke out the axes.?ÿ I think between the cost of the birds, the feed, factoring in the ones that randomly died, and the time it took to butcher and pack them all-- they ended up breaking even.?ÿ The whole thing seemed kind of laughable to me, but... what do I know.?ÿ I do remember being distinctly sick of eating chicken every other night for what seemed like months after this.
My sister lives in a Dallas suburb and has a group of 6-8 chickens.?ÿ They've been destroyed by a mountain lion in the middle of the night twice now.?ÿ The first time they had no idea what happened; just blood and feathers in the coop.?ÿ The second time they woke up in time to get a picture of the cat making its getaway.?ÿ My brother-in-law is a game warden with plenty of firepower to take this thing out, and I suggested doing that, but he doesn't dare with the neighbors being as close as they are.?ÿ The chickens are pretty easy to replace, but I don't think you want the cat getting bold enough to jump area kids when they walk to or from school.
Happened to see my buddy's college-aged daughter at my last stop for the day.?ÿ They were to start at 8:00 a.m. and when she called at 5:00 p.m. to see if it was safe to come home they reported they were still working on them.?ÿ We had a nice long conversation discussing her Freshman year while she avoided heading towards home.
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Did those chickens have large talons?
As a teenager I worked for a neighbor with huge flocks of turkeys when time to vaccinate or to load out (multiple semi trucks of cages). That video brings back the pain of being flogged by a full-size tom or scratched by the dirty talons.
I thought I would raise some chickens too.?ÿ I bought the chicks at the pet store and planted them in rows about 9 inches apart.?ÿ Nothing grew.?ÿ Maybe I didn't water them enough.?ÿ Or too much.
Awww... those poor rats! Evicted from their nice, warm home!!! ?????ÿ
I haven't had pet rats in almost 2 years, but I sure do miss them.
But... I don't miss the cage cleanings, the chewing up of my clothes and the short life span. ???ÿ
