I was moving some lumber from the barn today and momma had a nest underneath. I’m leaving one board down for her. I couldn’t kill them.

by wilder_hearted

12 Comments

  1. Current-Screen-8676

    You’ll end up killing a dozen for each one you allow to live now.

    I think their cute to. I still feed them to my egg laying chickens. Free proteine.

  2. That_Put5350

    How this would have gone at my place:
    Me: “there’s a nest of baby mice in the barn.”
    Husband: “No there’s not.”

  3. Unusual-Ad-2668

    I’m with ya, I don’t think I could do it either.

  4. Cyber0747

    I usually call the chickens over and they enjoy a protein snack.

  5. Ginger_Snaps_Back

    I’d have left them, too. Chances are something else will eat them before they make it far in life, anyway.

  6. NoFee474

    Uh u let nice live and populate your barn . I mean if u see it as a good source for the future have at err but dam this will cause u some serious grief in the future put it like this your floors in chicken coops will start to move on there own if I don’t address this if u can’t kill ‘em buy a cat who will or live with it I’m not judging I’m just saying rat or mouse this will become a problem u won’t want

  7. For us it depends on the species. Local, native rodents get a pass, to a point. Invasive rats/house mice get fed to the chickens. Nothing wrong with respecting and working with the local wildlife, as long as there is balance.

  8. pontoponyo

    Pop them in the freezer? It’s what you do for feeder pinkies.

  9. BaconGreasedEntry

    We were tossing straw around the asparagus in the garden when I was a kid and ran across a bunch of pinkies like this. We got the farm cats to come over and it was a bit… much.

  10. reptarcannabis

    I would slap 👋 chop those fuckers In a second

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