Slugs! 🤢

[NeilA]

I get the odd one on the path when we had a wet spell but nothing like that in the garden
We have have clay soil so you would think that wouldn’t be bad for them

[Murray]

We get them here but it's snails cause the most damage.
We were using slug bait but they can kill the lizards that eat the poisoned slugs and snails. The other day I found organic slug bait! Really pleased if it works.
It's got sulphate of iron in it which kills the slugs but is not toxic. We'll see how it goes.

[Andy]

We get loads in our garden. We have a tree that my wife hangs the wild bird feeders from. At night the tree is covered in slugs and they get into the feeders. We also get them down in the shop. Don’t know how they get in but have always had a problem. The shop and our flat above are over 300 years old though.

[Diamond Dave]

Until recently I kept my birds in a brick shed. I had the slimey little feckers everywhere. They were inside the shed on the walls and ceilings and even found them on bone dry deep litter of wood shavings.
I tried putting a couple of tubs of salt all round the shed which probably stopped some entering but it also stopped the ones that were already in there from getting out.
Orrible things.

[NeilA]

That’s awful Dave bloody things

[Winfort Lofts]

Until recently I kept my birds in a brick shed. I had the slimey little feckers everywhere. They were inside the shed on the walls and ceilings and even found them on bone dry deep litter of wood shavings.
I tried putting a couple of tubs of salt all round the shed which probably stopped some entering but it also stopped the ones that were already in there from getting out.
Orrible things.

Similar issue to me, my loft is up in the air on railway sleepers, but underneath that is a concrete courtyard, so it's always full of the slimy f*ckers!

Had a few beer traps out over the last year or so, but despite seeing less of them about, I still see the trails in the loft every now and then!

Most from the aviary windows, which are open all year round admittedly!

[Trev]

We get a lot here too, they have got worse over recent years as we've not had any decent, prolonged cold spells to kill off some of the eggs so far too many are surviving, they are a nightmare for the farmers.
I've never seen any in my main loft but I do get small, brown ones in the small shed, they get in the drinkers which I hate, I can't say that I've noticed them affecting the health of the birds though.

[Murray]

I saw something today that is obvious when you think about it.
Get a couple of chooks, or better still, a couple of ducks. Catherine wants a few hens, so I'd better start having a think about how to knock up a bit of a chook shed. Needn't be flash, chooks aren't too fussy, and that'll deal with the slugs and snails.

Sometimes you can get ex battery hens from the layer farms. It gives at least a few of them a reprieve and some of them keep laying for ages, I am told.

[Trev]

I saw something today that is obvious when you think about it.
Get a couple of chooks, or better still, a couple of ducks. Catherine wants a few hens, so I'd better start having a think about how to knock up a bit of a chook shed. Needn't be flash, chooks aren't too fussy, and that'll deal with the slugs and snails.

Sometimes you can get ex battery hens from the layer farms. It gives at least a few of them a reprieve and some of them keep laying for ages, I am told.

I've kept chickens for many years, sadly I've not got any at the moment though, when I was on the Isle of Wight I used to supply friends and a couple of B&Bs with eggs and sell some out the front of the house to the holiday makers. Thay certainly do like to fight over a slug or two, I've even seen them fight over an unlucky mouse or two, they will pretty much eat anything. It always makes me smile when vegetarians eat eggs, if they knew what a chicken ate they wouldn't
Its the same over here mate, there are several organisations, including the RSPCA that rehome ex commercial egg layers, which are usually only a couple of years old. As you say, some might look a bit tatty when you first get them but after a good moult, look good and will continue laying eggs for years, they might not lay every day like the younger one do but they are generally much bigger eggs.

I think a man of your talents will soon be able to knock up something spectacular for a few mate

[Buster121]

Would of thought they would affect chickens the same as anything else, when I had chickens back in the 70s would never eat there eggs myself just used to sell them