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I’d bet on rats. Our old coop with the chickens eating less has large holes dug under it that we’ve filled in. The run is enclosed in 2x4” welded wire but that wouldn’t keep rats out. I’m certain they come in from the holes in the floor. The new coop has welded wire with 2 feet of standard...

It has to be rats in the other coop. I forgot about eggs disappearing and finding half eaten eggs (I blamed it on a rogue chicken)...and the hens won’t even lay in the nest boxes now! They go lay eggs in the opposite corner. Are chickens scared of rats?

I’ll check that out. Maybe I should hang the ones they’ve got one? The one that stays in the coop seems to last longer, but the one outside goes quickly...maybe 10lbs within the day. I assumed it was because they always hang out outside but come to think of it rodents make sense. I’ve seen...

...and do you ration their feed each day? Apparently mine eat too much. Twenty standards size birds (6 months old so still growing somewhat) can clear 20lbs of feed in 2 days. I fill 2 10lb feeders up every 2 days. Everywhere I have read says .25lbs per bird per day is the recommended...