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Slug pellets and chickens???
Im not an advocate of using chemicals, however, I am always over-run with
slugs. We do have lots of birds at our feeders and in our ditches, but hoping they will come down to ground level is risky because of the cats and we are nowhere near water and with one thing and another a pond is out of the question at the moment. I also have a water well sunk very close to my new veggie plot, which is covered in by cement blocks and rocks, an ideal shady spot for all the slugs and snails . If I use slug pelletts will they poison my chickens if they wander into the veg garden? It is penned off but one can never be too careful. TIA -- Shan (Ireland) |
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Slug pellets and chickens???
"shannie" wrote in message ... If I use slug pelletts will they poison my chickens if they wander into the veg garden? Yes, they will poison anything that eats them. -- Chris Thomas West Cork Ireland |
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Cerumen wrote: "shannie" wrote in message ... If I use slug pelletts will they poison my chickens if they wander into the veg garden? Yes, they will poison anything that eats them. However, they are usually coloured blue to make it less likely that birds will eat them. My hens never even look at slug pellets. YMMV I don't use much anyway - only round plants that would otherwise disappear. Regards, Martin Brown |
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Slug pellets and chickens???
How do you feel about drunk chickens? Pour beer into a clean tuna fish size
can. The beer will drunken the slugs so badly that they drown in the beer. |
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"Martin Brown" wrote in message ... Cerumen wrote: "shannie" wrote in message ... If I use slug pelletts will they poison my chickens if they wander into the veg garden? Yes, they will poison anything that eats them. However, they are usually coloured blue to make it less likely that birds will eat them. At the risk of being called pedantic I only said they would kill anything that ate them and didn't comment on the possibility or otherwise of anything other than slugs/snails so doing. Personally I don't use slug pellets but if I did I would do as I do with rat bait (also blue grains) and lay it in such a way that hens could not get to it. For slug pellets I would lay them under an old roof tile or slate, for rat bait in the middle of an length of drain pipe laid along the edge of a wall or wherever the rats are seen. -- Chris Thomas West Cork Ireland |
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Slug pellets and chickens???
Thanks Chris,
I bought some pelletts yesterday morning that are purported to be safe around pets, chickens etc, but after my exp with the cats I didn't want to use them, however as it happens I do have some slate lying around, so if the need arises I shall put some pelletts under the slate, perhaps raised a little on a small stonefor access and see how that goes, I imagine the snails would love it if its nice warm and dark with a feast inside,I hope not to have to use them, Im going to try the beer and see how that goes "Cerumen" wrote in message ... At the risk of being called pedantic I only said they would kill anything that ate them and didn't comment on the possibility or otherwise of anything other than slugs/snails so doing. Personally I don't use slug pellets but if I did I would do as I do with rat bait (also blue grains) and lay it in such a way that hens could not get to it. For slug pellets I would lay them under an old roof tile or slate, for rat bait in the middle of an length of drain pipe laid along the edge of a wall or wherever the rats are seen. -- Chris Thomas West Cork Ireland |
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Slug pellets and chickens???
George, that is just unkind, unhelpful and hurtful.
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No I don't complain about poisons, I complain about the irresponsible use of
poisons. I neither like nor want to use chemicals or poisons, but as a last resort I will and I will do it in a responsible fashion with the view to causing the least amount of damage to either wild or domestic life.You and I will probably never agree on this subject, I am a reasonable woman and you are entitled to your opinion, I would not dream of trying to change that, life would be very boring if we were all the same. I am more than willing to listen to your argument and debate/discuss any topic you wish providing you do it in a polite and reasonable manner. Shan |
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from "shannie" contains these words: (snip) that is just unkind, unhelpful and hurtful. Reposting the entirety of the troll's message just gives it even more publicity; you are both doing his dirty work for him and adding to the garbage for the rest of us who don't open his posts. Learn to edit your posts properly. Janet. |
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I do apologise Janet and to anyone else I may have offended.Being very new
to this Im still trying to find my way around. I do appreciate your advise and shall try to edit better in the future Shan "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... Reposting the entirety of the troll's message just gives it even more publicity; you are both doing his dirty work for him and adding to the garbage for the rest of us who don't open his posts. Learn to edit your posts properly. Janet. |
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 01:16:08 -0000, "shannie"
wrote: I do apologise Janet and to anyone else I may have offended.Being very new to this Im still trying to find my way around. I do appreciate your advise and shall try to edit better in the future Shan and while you're at it, learn to post at the BOTTOM of the message to which you're replying. -- Derek Turner Outlook Express is worth precisely what you paid for it. |
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Slug pellets and chickens???
shannie wrote: Thanks Chris, I bought some pelletts yesterday morning that are purported to be safe around pets, chickens etc, but after my exp with the cats I didn't want to use them, however as it happens I do have some slate lying around, so if the need arises I shall put some pelletts under the slate, perhaps raised a little on a small stonefor access and see how that goes, I imagine the snails would love it if its nice warm and dark with a feast inside,I hope not to have to use them, Im going to try the beer and see how that goes Beer works but is messy, so do hob nail boots after dark. There are slug pellets with a specific molluscide which are far less toxic to mammals and birds than they are to slugs and snails, but even so they are still best off covered. The most common sort will poison anything that eats them. The other way safe for your chickens is to use the gruesome but natural parasitic nematode method of control. That is incredibly specific and lethal only to the target species. "Cerumen" wrote in message ... At the risk of being called pedantic I only said they would kill anything that ate them and didn't comment on the possibility or otherwise of anything other than slugs/snails so doing. Personally I don't use slug pellets but if I did I would do as I do with rat bait (also blue grains) and lay it in such a way that hens could not get to it. I largely agree - and the cover tends to attract them to the bait. Regards, Martin Brown |
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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "shannie" contains these words: (snip) that is just unkind, unhelpful and hurtful. Reposting the entirety of the troll's message just gives it even more publicity; you are both doing his dirty work for him and adding to the garbage for the rest of us who don't open his posts. Learn to edit your posts properly. Better still, do not rise to the bait, it only encourages them. Alan -- Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk Janet. |
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