I had one of those for rats back at my old place for use indoors. They're really expensive if you have an infestation like I have in the greenhouse. If you only need one, they're expensive but doable. I bought 10 traps for about $8.
I don't know where I mentioned the mouse issue I was having and I bought these covered traps. They worked well for a month or two, then got so loose that they'd snap as soon as I walked away from them or so tight that a mouse could tap dance on them and not set them off.
Now it's spring, my...
Price really depends on where you are. Some of the factors to take into account are:
How much they cost you to hatch (think electricity, incubator, thermometers, etc)
How much they cost you to feed up to selling time
How much time you spent raising them
Location - how much do people in your...
Heat is a possibility. Did they have plenty of shade? As long as they had enough shade and plenty of water, they should be able to stand pretty high temperatures, though.
if they didn't have enough shade, they could be suffering from heat exhaustion/heat stroke. If that's the case, the ones...
What are you feeding them?
What is their home like?
Are they getting enough calcium?
Are they eating and drinking?
The poop looks like they're not eating.
If there has been no improvement after 2 days in shoes, I'm afraid it's not going to get better. Personally, I would cull, but it's up to you if you want to care for a special needs bird for the rest of its life.
Pretty much. It also sounds like because the burrows are on either side of the railroad tracks I'm not likely to get any response from the railroad company that owns the tracks.
To keep completely legal, I need to trap them on my own land and dispatch them here. Firing a gun inside city...