Poor man's electric fence - Mouse Traps!

[deerman]

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They die ,so more returning coon.

 

[Suziers]

Brilliant!

 

[rnoyster]

It kills them????? I figured that they would just be so busy washing their hands after going! LOL!! Sorry.....Just couldn't help myself!

 

[purpletree23]

What an excellent idea! I love it. The best I've heard in a long time.

When you have time to put new wire on the coop I would just cover what you have with hardware cloth. It is easy to cut if you have sharp wire cutters and you can screw it right into the wood. I hope I can explain this but I put the hardware cloth on and then used a washer and a screw to hold the hardware cloth on. The washer just covers more of the area you are trying to screw down.

I think I just gave myself a headache!

Good luck

 

[tagra123]

For less than $40.00 you can set up a an electric fence a few inches off the ground.

Lowes
Energizer 16.00 coversup to 10 acres
Yellow nylon/electric wire 18.00 -- lot of feet left .
4 plastic step in fence post @ around 2.00 each.




It will even help to protect and contain the chickens when free ranging.

Cats only try to cross the fence once.

Personally the best insurance is to lock up tight each nigh witth a door.

I like the mousetraps though!!!!!!!!

If you like to read.

http://www.plamondon.com/faq_electric_fencing.html

 

[jryeo]

No traps were sprung last night. Maybe my visitors learned their lesson two nights ago. I'll keep setting them though.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Seriously? XLAX???????

HMMMMM.....

 

[aussieheelr]

What does the xlax do? just dehydrate them to the point of death or is it poison to them like an anitcoagulant?

 

[deerman]

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Dehydrate, and all food goes straight thru them. Cruel dead really. Better live trap and shoot them.

 

[trailrider731]

I also have an electric wire around the run, since i used chicken wire, Im now reading about a mouse trap that can be attached to the electric wire and zapps them!!

Merry Christmas from Central Mississippi
three well spoiled Black sex link hens, laying their happy hearts away,

in the market for a couple more hens, (at least five months old) maybe in the spring , if there is anyone reading close to Jackson, MS

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