A Few Rats

[Millet]

Had Several hours on the rats yesterday cleaning the chicken shed out, it was a good day but by god it was warm, the pooches needed a breather every hour too cool of and likewise for us, and as usual i was a magnet for the red mite crawling all over my head, in my ears and up my nose, a couple of cold showers sorted them out, here is one picture of around 35, it would take too long too stick all the action shots up.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Had Several hours on the rats yesterday cleaning the chicken shed out, it was a good day but by god it was warm, the pooches needed a breather every hour too cool of and likewise for us, and as usual i was a magnet for the red mite crawling all over my head, in my ears and up my nose, a couple of cold showers sorted them out, here is one picture of around 35, it would take too long too stick all the action shots up.

Ah a blast from the past for me when we used to get monty the terrier and have ratting days under the chicken shed
Later on we used to have a steam boiler to steam sterilise the potting soil in the greenhouse. As there was a head of steam left after the fire was drawn we poked steam hose down the rat holes. Amazing how fast rats emerged from the other holes in their network.

 

[Millet]

Ah a blast from the past for me when we used to get monty the terrier and have ratting days under the chicken shed
Later on we used to have a steam boiler to steam sterilise the potting soil in the greenhouse. As there was a head of steam left after the fire was drawn we poked steam hose down the rat holes. Amazing how fast rats emerged from the other holes in their network.

One farm i used too shoot on i did something similar, it was a fat piece of hose though stuck on a old diesel landrovers exhaust pipe, that landy used too put a lot of black smoke out which got the rats moving fairly quick..

 

[chrisb]

wow Millet think you missed a zero of that 35 !

 

[Millet]

wow Millet think you missed a zero of that 35 !

That is the number of pictures , , 398 in the picture, we would have doubled that but we where short of young dogs.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Which one is you, Millet?
And I don't mean any of the 398

 

[Millet]

Which one is you, Millet?
And I don't mean any of the 398

Far left sitting down..

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

One farm i used too shoot on i did something similar, it was a fat piece of hose though stuck on a old diesel landrovers exhaust pipe, that landy used too put a lot of black smoke out which got the rats moving fairly quick..

some lads use a 'recycled' chainsaw - bar and chain removed, hose over the exhaust and an over-rich oil mix - a nice smoky portable bit of kit

 

[Erichalfbee]

Far left sitting down..

Ah......and I had you down as the little dachsie at the end of the lineup actually quite shocked at the numbers! What do you do with them?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Dachsies can be pretty handy - was at the National game fair a few years ago and I only just stepped in on time to stop Swmbo's last little nutter killing a fox terrier! the owner (a teenage girl) was almost in tears apologising for her dog's behaviour until I pointed out to her that it was ours that had hers firmly by the windpipe!!

 

[Millet]

some lads use a 'recycled' chainsaw - bar and chain removed, hose over the exhaust and an over-rich oil mix - a nice smoky portable bit of kit

That is so old fashioned Jenny, exhausts from those 2 stoke engines melt rubber pipe for fun and even the newer oil burning smokers are not as good as a old terrier / fit dude/ and a good old spade.

 

[For want of a better word]

Ratatouille... make a pleasant change from the smoked fish we get from Yorkshire way!

Nos da

 

[AndyTh]

Millet, that's a shed load of rats, surely?

 

[Nige.Coll]

If you kill all the rats where will our next government come from ?

 

[Millet]

If you kill all the rats where will our next government come from ?

There is still plenty of snakes about to breed the next generation.

 

[For want of a better word]

There is still plenty of snakes about to breed the next generation.

Thay would be them Civil Serpents!!

Yeghes da

 

[Millet]

Ah......and I had you down as the little dachsie at the end of the lineup actually quite shocked at the numbers! What do you do with them?

I could have also taken the picture , the dead rats get took away with all the dead chickens that are laid about.

 

[Millet]

Thay would be them Civil Serpents!!

Yeghes da

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I could have also taken the picture , the dead rats get took away with all the dead chickens that are laid about.

straight to KFC then?

 

[Millet]

straight to KFC then?

All the live ones get rounded up and took away for slaughter before we get there, all the stragglers get shot and sent to the tip with all the rats.