This bucket is half empty Environmentalist

I'm proud of my Redneck Mom, she's really doing her part helping the environment. She recycles everything possible and throws only a small paper bag of garbage away at a time, if that. Though she doesn't have a garden for composting, she keeps all her leftover food remnants and feeds them to the chickens and turkeys. Sometimes the food is left in a pile on the counter next to the sink, but usually it's in a bucket on the balcony. Imagine my surprise, however, when I stepped onto the balcony and happened to get a glimps of the contents of the bucket. Mice. Really! On top of some rotting food were about three mice bodies.