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    Taking care of rats ... with a blacksnake?

    I used to throw the grain on the ground -- never doing that again. The coop sits on the ground and the rats are living underneath it. I want to find some way to raise it up on concrete blocks so there's space underneath for chickens to scratch, and also so I can more easily get at the ratholes...
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    Taking care of rats ... with a blacksnake?

    That, sir, is an excellent life lesson! I think (hope) the rats are field rats. While we had the 500 feet of snow (it is finally melting) I found little rat tracks hopping out of the chicken pen. It was able to squeeze through the holes in the chicken wire, and left little tail imprints in the...
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    Taking care of rats ... with a blacksnake?

    I've always understood that our local blacksnakes/rat snakes will eat rats. These guys can get pretty big. I remember when I was a kid, we had this clubhouse up in this big old silver maple, but that came to an abrupt end when I climbed up one day and found a three-foot long ratsnake happily...
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    Taking care of rats ... with a blacksnake?

    Good morning, I'm a newbie but I've searched this forum before for chicken-related questions. I've had rats living under the chicken coop since last year. My executive function is terrible so I haven't stayed on top of the problem. The little basters like getting into the coop and eating eggs...
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