I had a cat catch a mouse in a chicken feeder once (the big, metal tube kind - I kind of encouraged her to get it), and the chickens in that coop chased her around until she dropped the mouse, one of the hens grabbed it and the chase was on again!
No Mouse Problems in the coop!
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Guess that's the epitome of a food run or food chase?
My chickens eat anything that is in their coop, is non-poulty and is moving. It's food! I don't see many mice around our barn where we keep our chickens - probably a combination of the feral cats eating them and the chickens eating any that manage to escape the cats in get into their coop.
My chickens wouldn't let a good mouse go to waste. I've watched them eat mice, snakes, and frogs. It's weird because they shake them until they rip into bite size pieces, using their feet very little.
Yesterday the rooster did his "tick, tick, tick" food call and flipped something over in the grass. The hen came and picked it up, then dropped it and moved on. I thought he was tricking her with a stick or something, so I picked it up to see what it was. It was a tiny piece of mouse head, basically just skull and fur, yuck!
This is why I don't use poison hate anymore, and just traditional traps or box traps.
Yesterday the rooster did his "tick, tick, tick" food call and flipped something over in the grass. The hen came and picked it up, then dropped it and moved on. I thought he was tricking her with a stick or something, so I picked it up to see what it was. It was a tiny piece of mouse head, basically just skull and fur, yuck!
This is why I don't use poison hate anymore, and just traditional traps or box traps.
I wouldn't bet on that...mice will eat at night when chickens are sleeping..and like someone else said, if you see one(dead or alive) there's probably lots more around.
Just demo'd an old spa and deck, found several active occupied mouse nests....tossed them into the run and watched the chooks have a free for all. Probably saved me a scoop of feed that day.
My coop is a 1/2 HC 'envelope' inside a big shed, I doubt mice will get into the coop, but the feed can is outside the envelope, metal and tightly sealed and I have several traps set up that get regular action...I empty those into the run too.
I've never, nor do i intend to, watch the "Hunger games". Just the name of the show is a turn off to me. I love to eat. BUT, I would watch a reality based chicken show... it could even go by the same name!
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I agree, we have lots of mice around, for every one I see/count I assume there are 10 more. Last winter we didn't have chickens and Mr & Mrs Fox loved hanging around us until the dog chased him off. That's when the mouse problem started...
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