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Patrick
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MAY 31, 10:51 PM
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Australian
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JUN 01, 05:30 AM
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MidEngineManiac
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JUN 01, 12:01 PM
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Now thats a cute little guy....how do they taste BBq'd with a little lime-beer marinade ?
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ls3mach
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JUN 01, 06:13 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
I've mounted a live trap on the side of my house to try and catch (and then re-locate) the damn squirrels that are driving me nuts here, but they appear to be just too damn smart to get caught. However, while sitting at my computer today, I heard a relatively loud mechanical clank from outside. I looked out my window, and noticed the trap had been triggered! Finally, I got one of the little bastards!
Not quite.
Bush tit. 
Yes, yes... I let it go.
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I'm pretty sure my neighbor has a huge rat living in her tall grass (I've cut it now).
I set my live trap to catch him. Damn if one of my idiot chickens didn't end up in there. No rat still.
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Patrick
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JUN 01, 10:22 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by ls3mach:
Damn if one of my idiot chickens didn't end up in there. No rat still.
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It's becoming readily apparent from your and my experience, that rats and squirrels are a helluva lot smarter than chickens and bush tits. 
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ls3mach
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JUN 06, 12:51 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
It's becoming readily apparent from your and my experience, that rats and squirrels are a helluva lot smarter than chickens and bush tits.
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My Dane has killed 1 squirrel. They're his nemesis. I was going to teach him to hit them on command, but when I lined him up on one in the city he hit my fence so hard i thought he was going to bring it down and he could easily have cleared it. I don't mind the squirrels and they do drop a lot for my chickens and ducks . That rat I I think got my first batch of chickens though. I wasn't getting them put up early enough and they were still a bit small. I bought a pellet rifle for the backyard at a garage sale last week, so maybe I'll see the rat again. The birds are all to big for a rat now though.
One of our older neighbors was telling us how he used to set 40 traps a day and would sell the pelts and eat the meat for himself. I've got a lot more chicken room and be wants me to start growing them to eat. I just don't have a good incubation spot here, so we'd have to get them big for my yard first. We have 3 pens at different places. Buddy just lost 21 guineas because his wife didn't get them secures. I was told rats are out huge this year in our area.
Good luck with your pest problem. I'd rather get the joy of shooting them than to catch one. I don't like eating squirrels either.
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ls3mach
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JUN 06, 12:57 PM
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Few of the pens and animals.   
I'm going to stop using the shed and build another coup at the opposite side of 1 yard. I can't keep the interior clean for as few birds as it is. 1 is very secure, but we spent too much time and money and they've already killed the entire grass of the run. Stupid birds.
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rinselberg
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JUN 06, 02:43 PM
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Baby ducks.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 06-06-2023).]
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Patrick
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JUN 06, 05:31 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by ls3mach:
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Is that a gas meter sticking out of the ground in the middle of your yard? Is that usual in your area? Here, the gas meter is always located right beside the house.[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 06-06-2023).]
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ls3mach
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JUN 06, 10:06 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
Is that a gas meter sticking out of the ground in the middle of your yard? Is that usual in your area? Here, the gas meter is always located right beside the house.
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The left one is a gas meter. Extremely commonin this area. At least 5 of my homes I can recall having them out like that. I didn't even realize it was weird.
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