In the past, I've seen a few rats and I actually killed a snake trying to get into the coop a few months back. I moved the food farther away from the coop to discourage the rats (and hopefully not tempt the snakes). I also no longer throw food scraps in the chicken yard. I haven't seen any...
I got my chicken coop as a Christmas gift and got my (6) chickens a few days later. My Dad always had chickens while I was growing up. So, I thought I knew enough about chickens to get started. Well, now I'm finding that all I thought I knew just isn't enough. My Dad passed away in 2010, and my...