uh yuck!!!

**hobo finds** · 02-09-2018, 04:18 PM

So I call my friend over as I found a bunch of Mesquite wood in an alley by me. When he is leaving after a few beers I say take this bag of charcoal I had found and had sat by my bbq grill for awhile. Well he calls me today and says that he lit the bag of charcoal to make a hamburger fire and it was full of baby mice! Yuck

**DakotaRog** · 02-09-2018, 08:52 PM

My brother and SiL's chickens would have made short work of them!! I never knew chickens were carnivores for more than bugs until I saw them do a number on baby mice. Then again, maybe the bird brains thought they were just big bugs!!

**btkr** · 02-09-2018, 08:54 PM

A friend of mine feeds roadkill to his chickens.

**CapitalRecovery** · 02-10-2018, 01:51 PM

Free feed. I just gave my chickens the remineants of my crab lunch.
Just don't give them raw rice. Learned that the hard way, and now there's 2.

**adda** · 02-12-2018, 02:02 PM

LOL that's funny!

When I first started (with cans) I didn't realize that mice AND snakes will often use aluminum cans for "shelter" during winter here. I used to pick up a lot of cans along country roads in those days. One day, I was getting back in the car and realized there was a snake in the back seat. I looked it up later and I'm pretty sure it was a garter snake, but I suppose those will bite if threatened. Either way, I wasn't keen to find out by personal research. Tried to get him out with a stick, etc. He slithered away to somewhere and I wasn't sure if he got in a bag or a can but I put as many bags of cans in the trunk as I could. That was a LONG drive home because I kept thinking he was going to get me at any moment.

Unfortunately, he died. I put all my bags in the back yard for a few days to give him the chance to escape. Obviously, I was the bigger threat. I've had a few cans with mice, usually mothers with babies. I don't pick up as many cans on roads anymore, but I no longer assume that weighty cans are just full of cigarette butts!