I have two of these. https://www.kippenhuis.nl/feedomatic-automatische-voerbak-20kg
Works perfect, no mice or rat can get in. And it is much cheaper too :)
Well, I have 8 chicks including 1 proud rooster. 7 of them are mixed breeds. 1 is a "Hollandse Blauwe" translated "Dutch Blue", thats the one in the picture.
They are living on my 350m2 vegetable plot. In Summer they have a run which is 20m x 5m. Because if I don't keep them in there they will...
Thanks for your answers. It's clear, I don't have enough hens, only 6.
I'm afraid the two cockerels have to go. They are two beautifull big roosters but unfortunately it is almost impossible to sell or give away roosters.
This year two cockerels were born. I expected troubles with them in combination with the rooster.
To my surprise those 3 guys have no problems with each other at all.
Now they started mating and the troubles begin.
If one of them mates with a hen the other two come running and start attacking...
And now as promissed, a picture of where it al happend.
At the back is the shed of my neighbor, rats are living under it. Bur the rat situation is more or less under control, The last week I didn't see one anymore. The poisson works!!
Unfortunately I'm out of poisson now. This kind of...
Around here we have foxes, badgers, lots of birds of prey, marten, weasel. And now Wolfs are arriving slowly from Germany. But they are not in our area yet.
I still saw a rat a couple of days ago. Maybe somehing else comes throug the rat holes. Yesterday I closed them all with pieces of fence and heavy stones. Hope it stays quiet.