I use fresh cat litter about mine. Seem to keep them at bay.
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I think they are meant to eat the bad leaves that trail on the ground or something. Other than that they seam to have consumed a lot of web space and served as a common source of anger for gardeners across the country. So I suppose they are like little slimy ambassadors really!"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." - Aristotle (B.C. 384�322)
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Sorry Flum.....thought that'd be a plus point for having chickens. Ours don't like 'em. When we got the girlees last summer I offered slugs to them and they pecked but didn't like. Thought they were just unknowledgeable cos they were young. Tried again this year - nope def don't like them! But they love dandelion leaves; grass; spring onions; tulips; broccoli plants.....practically most things in garden!Originally posted by Flummery View PostChickens love 'em!
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Ours have yet to be thrown a slug BUT....
They loooove snails and am sure they'll get an appetite for caterillars too
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They are very useful as detritivors (sp?). If they didn't eat rotting vegetation and dog poo, we'd be knee deep in itOriginally posted by Florence Fennel View PostI wonder if a slug has any useful purpose? Their very existence seems useless to me.
All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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