Just FYI -
My chickens are interested in mice. Very interested. But only if they can reach them. It's often my ducks who fish them out. Extra protein, I guess?
Oh my goodness. Learning curve is right! Just this morning I was chastising myself for things I did in designing my coop. It's been...
I agree that snap traps can be awful. I really like the electric traps, but they are pricey. And cats play with them before they die. Nothing ticks all the boxes.
I will say that I get the occasional drowned mouse in my livestock trough out in the pasture. They just seem determined to drown...
I highly recommend traps in crates and cats. I trapped a bunch of rats in my coop using snap traps and electric traps in crates in my run, but since I got a farm cat, I've had zero problems - this was after rats caused several hundred dollars of damage to my husband's car. I also reinforced any...