Hi,
So I have a rat problem.
Last year during the winter we had a rat problem too, about 40 or 50 of them, they were all living inside my aviary. We trapped many, and managed to poison others, but in the end had to resort to transferring all the birds to another aviary to remove all feed from the aviary where the rats were and be able to poison them effectively without harming any birds.
This year a few rats have come again, and we want to stop them now before the breed, so as to avoid last years situation.
We have tried trapping (in closed boxes and out in the open), minor poisoning( we could only do so much with the birds around) and other forms of poisoning such as yams.
I have read that chickens are supposed to be fairly good predators when it comes to small rodents, but mine just ignore the rats.
We were also considering the idea of a cat, has anyone had a cat in with chickens in an enclose coop?
Any other ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Malcolm
So I have a rat problem.
Last year during the winter we had a rat problem too, about 40 or 50 of them, they were all living inside my aviary. We trapped many, and managed to poison others, but in the end had to resort to transferring all the birds to another aviary to remove all feed from the aviary where the rats were and be able to poison them effectively without harming any birds.
This year a few rats have come again, and we want to stop them now before the breed, so as to avoid last years situation.
We have tried trapping (in closed boxes and out in the open), minor poisoning( we could only do so much with the birds around) and other forms of poisoning such as yams.
I have read that chickens are supposed to be fairly good predators when it comes to small rodents, but mine just ignore the rats.
We were also considering the idea of a cat, has anyone had a cat in with chickens in an enclose coop?
Any other ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Malcolm