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  1. SniperGoose

    Has anyone ever used this?

    I was at TSC getting Permethrin spray today, and I was looking around and seen this: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/bonide-5lbs-rat-magic-rodent-repellent-granules I've been having an ongoing battle with rats, and I've killed most of them. But I'll still see some evidence of them...
  2. A

    Mice in the chicken run...

    Help! Mice are infesting my chicken run. I keep the water/food outside (i dont want food in the coop so please dont suggest it). I have always filled milk jugs with holes cut out for feeding and it has worked perfectly for us, but now I have a significant mice problem. 1st year chicken owner ya...
  3. Stacyoung13

    ****PEPPERMINT and MICE UPDATE ****

    Hi everybody, I posted almost 2 weeks ago, about peppermint oil keeping mice away. I just wanted to let everyone know that it is still working. I sprayed every night when I locked my chickens up, until I didn't see any anymore. I went from over a dozen running around, to zero running around...
  4. Al Gerhart

    Feedback on New Feeder Design

    I'm not sure how many times I told customers that I would never make a large version of our rat proof chicken feeder, that it wasn't feasible for several reasons but it turns out there was a way to get it done and escape some of the hold backs. One of the issues was making a longer door meant...
  5. surprzchx4life

    HELP! Mice Infestation in Chicken Coop

    Mice in my chicken coop. Have taken preventative steps , but they are in anyway...now with fall upon us (I live in Michigan, they are there to stay) Any suggestions for ridding these pests? I have 10 adult chickens, 6 week old chicks. No rats, just mice (poison killing has always made me nervous...
  6. barred2rock

    Dead Mice

    The last few days I've caught about a dozen mice in a spring loaded mouse trap (the kind that kills them). Somehow they're getting into the pantry at night. I have been flushing them down the toilet, but couldn't I just feed them to my chickens? We don't us any poisions, but I don't know what...
  7. G

    Is this old coop safe to use?

    I bought an old coop that is in good sturdy condition but was full of old poop. It also had mouse poop everywhere, or some kind of rodent. I scraped everything out, but I'm still not sure that's good enough. Do I need to disinfect the coop? If so, how? I have new young chicks to put in and I'm...
  8. paigespeeps

    Under the run

    Hi all :frow So I've been dreaming about chickens for years, and am finally moving to a town that allows them! :celebrate I'm just now in the designing stage and could use some suggestions. We have a TON of predators. Our house is next to a cornfield and grain elevators so field mice are a huge...
  9. chloemae

    Mites? Lice? I need some help please!

    I have several button quail in a 40 gallon breeder tank. I have raised them from eggs. No outside contact and their substrate is newspaper pellets and/or flakes from the local feed mill and they eat gamebird starter from the mill as well. They are inside only, in my master bedroom. I care for...
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  10. CanadaEh

    can mice climb the vertical coop walls (siding, OSB, 2x4)?

    I am re-purposing old shed for a chicken coop. The shed constructed of siding, 1/2" OSB on exterior, 2x4s, and 3/8" OSB on interior. I have already cut off the lower 2' of interior OSB all around (1' for deep litter + 1' to allow chickens to stand in the wall space and adding 7" to coop's width...
  11. Thyme4Chickens

    Plan on brooding in house at first - plan for mice?

    Hi all, I'm a newbie... ordered chicks before the coop is done, oops. We have 5 chicks arriving in either one week or two - waiting on the feed store to confirm when they are coming. The plan is to brood them in the house for the first week (so I can keep a close eye on them), and then move to...
  12. Harukimaru

    New Member from NE Ohio!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am not new to chickens - have helped raise them for about six years. We got them all as pullets and many have lived out their natural lives. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Currently own 13 but they are being rehomed...
  13. NorthGeogia

    Mice and hen breeds

    I let my hens free range and they like to hang out around my porch. Mice come at night to feast on the hen poop. My cat was a good mouser, but has aged and settled into retirement. I have two old dogs, one old cat and don't want to get another cat yet. Any ideas on how to keep the mice away...
  14. Just Hatch duck

    Mice Problem...

    Hi, im in urgent need of help, i had 4 cockatiels all well and happy and thought they might be happier in a more jungly feel so hung their cages side by side on my fence that grows many plants and has ivory on it so its a nice feature for them. Lately I've been seeing quite a few mice whenever i...
  15. Krazyquilts

    Who needs cats when you have chickens?!?!

    My husband finally got around to taking some bags of partially decomposed deep litter duck bedding and dumping them in our compost area. The chickens were thrilled, especially when a mouse ran out! It took approximately 2 seconds for a hen to pounce on it and about 2 seconds after that for the...
  16. Contolini6

    Mice and Squirrel Problems

    Now that the weather is cooling down, we are starting to notice that not only are we feeding chickens and ducks, but we are also feeding the neighborhood mice and squirrels. We have two chickens and three ducks, and we have their food in metal drainpipe pieces attached to the fence, with a...
  17. WILIFORD

    Mice or Mouse eating eggs

    I had suspected my one of my hens was eating my eggs and I started isolating my hens to determine which one was responsible. Long story short. I visually spotted mice eating my eggs. I found a very effective way to catch the mice, without harming hens and I caught them (3) within 24 hours. Here...
  18. Cburgert

    Chickens eating me

    I caught my chickens eating mice. Is this normal, or even safe? I've neve heard of this.
  19. C

    Feeding wild mice to hens?

    Hi folks, I have a question regarding feeding wild mice. I understand that chickens do eat mice and while doing some yard work I noticed we have quite the mouse population. It seems they are stealing layer pellets right out of the feeder at night or when the chickens have gone into another part...
  20. broostertherooster

    Rats

    I have recently discovered rats in the hen house, which has me doing research on salmonella. If my chickens are infected with it, are the eggs infected? I have read that it's very rare for a chicken to pass it to the egg, but then I've also read that they can pass it on to their chicks. Do I...
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