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Mice blasted mice
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2009-11-25 08:57:51 +0000, Aries said: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:28 +0000, Sacha wrote: We've had a cock pheasant on the lawn scrounging peanuts, just recently. They're shameless! Beautiful tho. I love seeing them but not when they're pinching my seeds ! Any veg we grow are for sale, so they're in pots in the greenhouses and more in danger from stray mice, if any are around. I sometimes put out sultanas for the pheasants, too and they get quite silly about them. -- The old poachers used to soak sultanas in whisky and then collect up the drunken pheasants when they either fell out of the trees or couldn't make it up there to roost. Doesn't seem very sporting, does it? Tina |
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Mice blasted mice
Christina Websell wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2009-11-25 08:57:51 +0000, Aries said: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:28 +0000, Sacha wrote: We've had a cock pheasant on the lawn scrounging peanuts, just recently. They're shameless! Beautiful tho. I love seeing them but not when they're pinching my seeds ! Any veg we grow are for sale, so they're in pots in the greenhouses and more in danger from stray mice, if any are around. I sometimes put out sultanas for the pheasants, too and they get quite silly about them. -- The old poachers used to soak sultanas in whisky and then collect up the drunken pheasants when they either fell out of the trees or couldn't make it up there to roost. Doesn't seem very sporting, does it? Tina Mentioning no names, but some of the younger ones did, too. -- Rusty |
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