Dealing with rodents in the orchard

[Conor Wright]

Is there one available that doesn't harm the mice? Asking for a friend.

[GarethM]

10 minutes ago, manco said:

i think you lack vision

Damn my shortsightedness!

[Tikay Musiiwa]

On 27/04/2024 at 02:54, AHPP said:

Are you a robot?

No, how could I be one? 

 

On 27/04/2024 at 11:29, Doug Tait said:

Wondered the same but didn't think a bot would edit posts.

 

On 28/04/2024 at 01:04, AHPP said:

I need a better Asimov challenge. That one has never got a reply. You could argue the lack of reply is the proof but it doesn't feel conclusive enough. I want to force the thing into admitting it's a robot.

Why do you all say that I'm a bot? Can't a normal person engage with the community to ask for their experience and offer a good recommendation? lol 

[GarethM]

That would depend if Deckard had a discussion about your childhood memories, do you like sitting on rooftop in the rain ?.

 

You weren't asking for our experience or questions, you directed us to presumably your Amazon affiliate store.

 

In the old days dodgy salesmen atleast tried to sell miracle elixirs or more recently UPVC and hoovered door to door.

[Doug Tait]

5 minutes ago, Tikay Musiiwa said:

No, how could I be one? 

 

 

Why do you all say that I'm a bot? Can't a normal person engage with the community to ask for their experience and offer a good recommendation? lol 

 

You are very welcome to engage, I don't think anyone meant to be rude. It's just quite often we see posts that are a cover for advertising something or other and your post read a bit like an advert, possibly churned out by a bot. No offence intended.

[CTTree]

Chickens should keep the voles down/ away if you wanted an incentive to keep some. I worked in a large orchard for a while that had a couple of thousand laying hens and they would go for anything, I never saw any problems with vole damage. 

[Stere]

Seen  my chickens eat a mice a few times.

 

Once the mouses tail was still sticking out of the hens mouth for a while before it managed to sallow it. 

 

Rest of the chickens  were chasing the one with the mouse in is throat across the field at hi speed trying in vain to steal it.

[peds]

Watching chickens chase mice is terrifying. Imagine if dinosaurs hadn't shrunk and grown feathers... 

 

Frogs, too. But mine don't seem to like frog meat, they only do it for the thrill of the hunt.

[CTTree]

2 hours ago, peds said:

Watching chickens chase mice is terrifying. Imagine if dinosaurs hadn't shrunk and grown feathers... 

 

Frogs, too. But mine don't seem to like frog meat, they only do it for the thrill of the hunt.

 

I unfortunately saw a chicken get partially run over by a very slow moving tractor once, before I could get to the chicken to put it out of its misery a handful of other chickens pounced on it and were redistributing its innards to the 4 corners of the world. Absolutely ruthless, thank god they're not 6 feet high, let alone 60. 

[peds]

Scary beasts!