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  1. Howard E

    Baking soda for rat control

    Marketing aside, when I read Al's accounts of history he has had with multiple users of his feeders, I see where he is coming from as far as his notion that by limiting feed....you can get control of the rat population. They are attracted to and depend on the feed, so if you can limit access to...
  2. Howard E

    Baking soda for rat control

    Search for "secondary poisoning from rodent bait blocks". Seems to be rare, but there are plenty of BYC members who get their knickers in a bunch about it, especially when it comes to raptors. Owls and such. And if that is a concern, there are bait blocks that do not have this side...
  3. Howard E

    Baking soda for rat control

    Al makes and sells his own. Look under his signature for a link to his website. If he wants to elaborate, he can, but my take is he ran into a problem with rats while raising his own chickens, and being familiar with things mechanical, set about to make the rat proof feeder, which he later...
  4. Howard E

    Baking soda for rat control

    Curious how the commercial poultry farms keep rats under control? I know I see bait stations outside the doors of Orscheln, and perhaps some even inside. Probably the same at many feed plants. I was at a nut processing plant in CA a few years back and they had both traps and bait stations out...
  5. Howard E

    Baking soda for rat control

    Pretty sure both the baking soda and plaster of paris tricks are both Internet myths. It has been discussed on here before, and can't recall anyone having any luck with either one. What does work is remove all sources of food they have access to, which is why you have rats in the first place...
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