Snail Farm (Part 21)

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During the last few days there has been a lot of rain. The snails and slugs have loved it, and have been out eating our crops. So one night I went out and caught as many as I could. I ended up catching hundreds which we are going to feed to the chickens.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• chickens
• slugs
• snails

[GivingItAGo]

ok maybe it is a little cruel, but nature is cruel and I was just encouraging nature in a direction that was more productive by disposing of pest by feeding them to productive animals.

[tmomof6]

take the cup or pitcher youare going to use for snail catching & dip the rim into water then into a saucer of salt. Just like you would do for a magarita! Then then will just stay away from the rim of the container!

[GivingItAGo]

good idea!

[BackyardNature]

Thanks for sharing your video... one comment. Are the snails you are harvesting native or invasive species? You might want to remove invasive species and keep natives --they play an important role in the natural biodiversity mix. I've linked to your video on BackyardNature  DOT com

[GivingItAGo]

Thanks for the link!

[Praxxus55712]

One simple way to use up all the snails, AND to cut your chicken food costs is to toss the snails into a plastic container with a tight lid. Toss the container in the freezer overnight. In the morning remove the snails, whack them all with a rock to crunch them into small pieces. The chickens will eat them easily AND the shells of the snails are a great source of calcium for the chickens. They need calcium to produce the shells for the eggs, otherwise they may eat their own eggs.

[ReachRebelsClan]

Wow I look and look and look for a snail in my yard with a shell more then a cm in diameter and you get like 20 huge ones but feed them to stupid fucking chickens lol

[jaredultimatum]

Great video. Can you check out my snail farm? I have about 2000 new baby snails.

[ampchan99]

It's freak'n Harry potter.

I thought your had an actual snail farm.

Nice vid HP.

[poiupupu]

Lions eat men in the wild.... 

[adityadg7890]

@GivingItAGo productive animals u use the chickens 2 eat i wish icould feed u dick face 2 my dog

[fantabulousK]

Not cruel at all for several reasons. First, these snails were in your yard/garden they were eating your vegetables and garbage. They're a parasitic creature in your area and if you had your chickens free-range the chickens would have eaten them all anyway. Second, you can buy snails killed in much worse ways than this, slowly dieing drowned in a chemical or ripped from their shell and left to die. Third, if people didnt do things like this the population would become un managable.

[Mshammyful]

It is not bad if you kill a cupel

[rayob]

snails are very old creachers for millions of year have been around and there are thousands of parasites that are feed on them so better not feed them to your chicken

[tttbbaoz131]

Do they just pluck out the shells and eat the snail/slug part? Hahaha and that was kinda nastyyyy.:PLove your vids though