tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post4333505162887321430..comments2024-02-29T10:26:56.584-05:00Comments on Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land: The Great Meat Migration and more on the bird fluOhiofarmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-19994014259066481452015-06-07T13:11:27.589-04:002015-06-07T13:11:27.589-04:00We battle rats as well...... inside the house as w...We battle rats as well...... inside the house as well! Horrid things. We use poison, but once our old Springer Spaniel is no longer with us we might get a small ratting terrier like a Jack Russell. As for meat birds, we hatched fifteen a couple of weeks ago and quite a few of them are cockerels, so they are going to be our 'meat birds'. It will be nice to eat chicken again....Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-66868093262370756002015-06-05T10:04:49.401-04:002015-06-05T10:04:49.401-04:00yep Deborah, these must be heavy on "somethin...yep Deborah, these must be heavy on "something else" because they are kind of ridiculous. still creepy tho. as for the rats - a combination of our best assassin, our barn cat Shine, the dogs, and also we've put out rat bait. i'm not sure what kind it is. but we lock it in an empty coop for several nights in a row...then do patrols to take up the bodies so no one else gets them. rats are shockingly difficult to control. :-/<br /><br />here is more on our rat control methods:<br />http://adventuresinthegoodland.blogspot.com/2012/09/varmint-killing-101-rats.htmlOhiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-56299579550752785172015-06-05T09:36:44.205-04:002015-06-05T09:36:44.205-04:00hi. we are having a rat invasion. using green tom-...hi. we are having a rat invasion. using green tom-cat cubes. how did you get rid of yours?<br />thanks.<br />deb h.<br /><br />if those meat birds are so engaging i suspect they are not quite the meat birds of the past, who were like automatons.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.com