rodents in chick'n house

Oh wow, when I had my contractor build a chicken run across the back of the old chicken barn that came with my small country house, I was intimidated. I thought, now I've gone and done it. It's built with heavy timber centers and 2x4s, has a metal skirt buried a foot and a half into the ground...

so I been putting the ladies in the coop with a small feeder and water. And have a larger water and feeder in run. The food is hanging from a rope about 10 inches off ground. Do you have mice eating the food? What do you do to deter mice and rodents? Just curious what people do with food and...

Has anyone had a problem with mice in the hen house. The population has gotten out of hand totally. They have killed a hatchling and ate part of it. I saved the other one and is in the house in a cage with heat. Today it is 3 days old and seems to be doing fine and spoiled. It is starting to...