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  1. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    Ursuline, I do have a fan, and turn on the water sprinkler just in front of the run, both to help cool the chickens, but with temps averaging around 100+ plus the humidity, they are miserable no matter what I do. Thanks for the rodent encouragement. I've checked the coop itself, and there's no...
  2. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

  3. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    Ursuline Chick, are you talking about fans and misters to cool the chickens down, or deter the rodents? If it's the former, yes and I that and each day I add a frozen water bottler to their water container, which really helps. Thanks for the reply and totally agree--we can solve so many problems...
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    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

  5. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    Well, now I'm convinced that the rats must go. It's just the how to do it part that I'm stuck on. I'll figure something out soon, I hope. I am pretty sure that if I trapped one, I couldn't kill it myself. And don't want to let it go somewhere else, carrying who knows what diseases. So, I'm stuck...
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    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

  7. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    Thanks for the compliment...I had it custom built but they didn't include a way to close the door--they were home builders, not chicken coop builders! lol
  8. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    Yes, the roosts are the same size, inside and out. It may be possible, as one noted, that the inside roosts are too close to the walls. We can fix that. Yes, lots of ventilation, and I don't mind them roosting outside in the summer-can't blame them for that when our day time highs lately have...
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    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    Update: I have thoroughly cleaned out the coop and removed the feeder from inside. As requested, I have photos so you all can see the coop, and the attached run. The coop is inside a 16x16 run, covered with landscaping wire. Hope these photos help. I had just cleaned and hosed it all down and...
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    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

  11. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    Leighe, I will take your advise on getting the automatic door, but not until it's needed. Too hot now to think about it. I will begin to take the food and store it at night. Their water container is a large one, in the run area. I'm going to leave that for now, and when winter comes, I'll add a...
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    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

  13. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    HOW??? The ramp opening into the enclosed coop area has no door, so even when I've run them inside, they just walk out the opening and down the ramp! Ideas?
  14. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    Well, our chickens DO NOT go inside, even in rough weather. They prefer the attached run roost, so when it's cold and rainy, not too bad normally here in central TX, we wrap plastic around the open area of the attached run. It's not very big, but they much prefer it. Weird, especially after all...
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    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

  16. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    Yes, they were coop trained, but the original coop (a pre-fab deal that said holds 6-8 chickens-must have meant bantams!) was just WAY too small. Last summer, the poor ones on the lower end of the pecking order ended up just sleeping on the open ground, so we had the new, and expensive custom...
  17. LMVB

    Rodent discovered last night inside coop

    We got home well after dark last night and went into the run to check for eggs in the coop, and the feeder. My husband found either a big mouse or a small rat inside the coop, where the feeder is located. Let me explain the strange habits of our chickens: We have a small covered run with a roost...
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