We won a prize in our hay bale...

A flat field mouse!

oooo lucky you! We have had that happen twice, oh and a plastic fork was my fave prize once....

Ewwwww. I would have freaked out.

When I had horses we would find dead field mice but the cat mr tibbles used to just leave us the bums of the mice. Wasnt pleasant. Its amazing what can come in the packed bales though!

I found a mummified rat once in our horses bale of haylage yukk

Oh how lovely, I am yet to find anything like that in our hay.

Hugs

JO xx

Dotdot wrote:A flat field mouse!

Is that a flattened mouse or a mouse that now lives in your flat?

That's horrible. I don't think I would ever buy a bale now! Yuk!

Not now as we have a good hay source, but over the years we have had in our hay... a number of flat mice, part of a flat pigeon, a flat rat, a flat magpie, a flat chicken and horse droppings

lovely, especially when you have picked it up not knowing what it is and then realise what it is

I would VOM!!!

Most of the flat creatures were in bales of hay when I had the horse .

Tuckerbunnies wrote:Not now as we have a good hay source, but over the years we have had in our hay... a number of flat mice, part of a flat pigeon, a flat rat, a flat magpie, a flat chicken and horse droppings

lovely, especially when you have picked it up not knowing what it is and then realise what it is

A chicken Did you eat it?

It's a horrible thought really they must have been killed by the combine.

cheryl'n'bruce'flo wrote:It's a horrible thought really they must have been killed by the combine.

Totally agree

Oh no!

Poor little mousey!

I much prefer the hay with wildflowers in, but each to their own

When I lived in Doncaster I used to have a tortoise called Duncan. Our garden backed on to a corn field, and the day he went missing, was the day they harvested the field.
Someone, somewhere, would have found my (chopped-up) Duncan in their bale.
Still cant think about it without crying.

FarplaceRescue wrote:When I lived in Doncaster I used to have a tortoise called Duncan. Our garden backed on to a corn field, and the day he went missing, was the day they harvested the field.
Someone, somewhere, would have found my (chopped-up) Duncan in their bale.
Still cant think about it without crying.

thats awful

FarplaceRescue wrote:When I lived in Doncaster I used to have a tortoise called Duncan. Our garden backed on to a corn field, and the day he went missing, was the day they harvested the field.
Someone, somewhere, would have found my (chopped-up) Duncan in their bale.
Still cant think about it without crying.

Aww, that is so sad

Dotdot wrote:A flat field mouse!

Ohh dear. I got a free pidgeon once too!

Hay bales can be parcels of mystery. I've found mice, a headless pheasant, empty drinks cans a rat tail, numerous plastic bags and the most yukky... a condom! Please... don't take that last one any further. It doesn't bear thinking about!)

Did the hay bale come from devon in the late 90s? A friend of mine was caught whilst using a condom in a hay field by the local rescue helicopter. She said the hovered for a good few minutes!

Cheryl... Nooooooooooooooo...

Twas a local bale... that's why it don't bear dwelling on... I think I can guess who was responsible. And, NO nothing to do with me!

Helicopter-Love... Hmmmmm!

icedancer wrote:

Tuckerbunnies wrote:Not now as we have a good hay source, but over the years we have had in our hay... a number of flat mice, part of a flat pigeon, a flat rat, a flat magpie, a flat chicken and horse droppings

lovely, especially when you have picked it up not knowing what it is and then realise what it is

A chicken Did you eat it?

Yes Carla, I did a few chips with it and it was delicious

woodwench wrote:Hay bales can be parcels of mystery. I've found mice, a headless pheasant, empty drinks cans a rat tail, numerous plastic bags and the most yukky... a condom! Please... don't take that last one any further. It doesn't bear thinking about!)

cheryl'n'bruce'flo wrote:Did the hay bale come from devon in the late 90s? A friend of mine was caught whilst using a condom in a hay field by the local rescue helicopter. She said the hovered for a good few minutes!