[wolverine]

we have been having problems with slugs coming into our kitchen at night and leaving slime trails everywhere.
So last night I decided it was time to kick off ! I was going to kill every man woman and child slug in the garden. !!!
so I baited the patio next to the man hole with layers pellets and waited till 3am when I belive is slug dinner time. then a ran outside in my pants with a tub of salt and dissolved my slimey foe forever ha ha ha ha it felt great. Then washed them all down the man hole before letting the hens out this morning.
wolverine 1
slugs 0
ha ha ha ha

[arugula]

Why aren't your chickens eating them? And are you licenced to run around outside dressed like that at 3 am?

[New shoot]

Wolverine, you are barking and a bit of a worry at times, but that is a very funny post      

You'll have to do it all again in a week or 2 though when all the slug eggs hatch   

[PhilDotte]

I like to go round turning all the slug hideaways upside down and showing the girls where they all live.  It doesnt take long before the hens workout where the tasty lunch morsels hide. I havent slipped on a slug for ages, and you want to see them when they get hold of a snail ;-)

[Lindeggs]

My chickens ate slugs and snails when I first got them, but at the moment they won't touch them - and they won't even eat earth worms!   :blink:  It's all a bit puzzling and I wonder if it's a seasonal thing.  It's winter here so I wonder if there is some kind of seasonal change in the slugs that makes them less palatable, or a seasonal change in the chickens that means they don't crave them the same.

The chickens will still eat the slugs' eggs though, so I'm glad of that.

I look forward to the chickens' slug-appetites returning in spring.  At least I hope they will! 

[Beano]

My chickens will eat snails, they are quite fond of the crunchy shell.
As for slugs, they will only eat them if they happen to be on a lettuce leaf or strawberries that I'll throw to them. One of the chickens screams and dances around like a scared girlie if I throw in a very large slug.
Now woodlice on the other hand get demolished pretty quickly.

[ANHBUC]

Ours don't eat snails even if we squish them.  We end up collecting them up when poo picking!!!  

Maybe we should have got a French breed of hen.   

[Kathie]

We've just started using beer traps, and boy do they work. Can't give them to the ducklings though, don't want drunken ducks

[evie2]

That's a good name for a pub, The Drunken Duck