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Thank you all for your input! I don't personally know anyone that has chickens so these boards prove invaluable to me when I have questions! So we decided to dig out a moat around the run and fill it with cement. (We found several burrow holes). When we built the run we buried the hardware...

Thank you so much for your advice! I will definitely plant some mint, that seems like a win win. If I do choose to go the poison route (that multiplication table scared the crap out of me), won't they all just die underneath the chicken run? there could be the potential for a dozen dead rats...

I recently discovered a rat's nest with her babies in my chicken run. She had built her nest underneath the water warmer which had not been moved all winter. Since removing the warmer, it looks as though she has filled in her nest with dirt (at least the top hole). Before finding the nest I...