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Snails in the Garden -- and Chickens

If you battle snails, you might enjoy this video short about a resourceful "Snail Farmer".

YouTube: Snail Farm"

One thought to consider is whether the snails being harvested are native or invasive. It would be helpful to catch only invasive species... native species play a vital role in a local habitat/ecosystem.

You can find information about native snails by searching on the Web:

For Example:

Factsheets: Introduced Snails in Australia
There are over 1000 species of native Australian snails and slugs. However, most of the snails and slugs we find in our gardens are not natives.
www.austmus.gov.au/factsheets/snails.htm

Gardening - Article Presentations There were also a good many leopard slugs, and some small brown native snails, which both eat other slugs and snails (the common brown garden snail is an ... www.tmorganics.com/gardening_art,conmap,1790