All Things Treadle Feeder

[Anon112]

I realize this is an older thread and you may have resolved all your issues, but we had this exact same thing happen years ago. We dug out around the posts where they were tunneling in and filled those areas with concrete. Nary a rat since (knock on wood!).

Just make sure you're not trapping rats inside, which we did with one and had to clean out the entire coop to find it. It was happy as can be with it's newly secured habitat since it had the entire coop and feed all to itself lol.

Yeah, my dream has been to build a new coop from scratch, but it's always just out of reach financially, and I end up spending on doing little revamps. (Yes, I know they probably all add up to what a new run would cost!).

One thing I want to do this summer is shore up the areas around the posts. Between tree roots and rocks it is so hard digging in the ground in my yard. It's a huge effort just to get down a foot. But in the interest of overall security (not just for rats), I do want to address the vulnerability at those corners.