Can I Mix baking soda with chicken feed to kill mice?

[katelk]

I have been having a mouse problem lately. There have always been some around, but I suppose many have had babies. I went to close up the coop earlier and found 7 small mice chowing down in a chick feeder.
I have a plan after doing some online searching of how to kill mice without actual poison. Will it work if I just mix in baking soda with some chick food in this feeder they already are coming to? I can close it off to keep it strictly as a trap and not for chicken use.
The baking soda trick I have read about suggested using equal parts sugar, baking soda, and flour, but from what I understand the baking soda is what does the trick. Since they already want the food, can I just mix it in the feed?
Thanks!

 

[Judy]

I don't see why not. When they got out of control here, I used bromadiolone in the coop. It was no problem to prevent the chickens from having access to it, just takes a little planning.

 

[katelk]

I don't see why not.  When they got out of control here, I used bromadiolone in the coop.  It was no problem to prevent the chickens from having access to it, just takes a little planning.

So will the baking soda actually kill the mice? I have read a lot of mixed opinions on that. I just really don't want to use poison because my chickens LOVE eating mice and I am afraid they will find a poison mouse corpse or something. Unfortunately the ladies aren't good enough hunters to do the job for me lol.

 

[Americano Blue]

So will the baking soda actually kill the mice? I have read a lot of mixed opinions on that. I just really don't want to use poison because my chickens LOVE eating mice and I am afraid they will find a poison mouse corpse or something. Unfortunately the ladies aren't good enough hunters to do the job for me lol.

same here.

 

[EmeraldRuby]

Will baking soda kill rats because we have a rat problem

 

[Americano Blue]

cat pee

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Don't do it!

Baking soda neutralizes stomach acid and could result in digestive problems if your chickens get in it. Besides I don't see any way it would kill a mouse unless perhaps you ran the mouse down and forced a large dose of citric or other acids down the mouse's throat, followed up before the mouse regurgitates the acid with a baking soda bolus. In that case the tiny Carbon Dioxide bubbles just may, and I repeat just may kill a mouse. But it seems like an awful lot of trouble to go to just to off a mouse or even to make it burp.

 

[Mallory8502]

I've never tried baking soda but I did try a similar method where you mix corn meal with mortar mix. Did not work at all, mice would not touch it.

An electronic trap placed where the feeder is baited with something good like peanut butter will likely fix the problem and I really don't think a chicken can do anything to hurt themselves. I've had really good luck with these traps when nothing else was working.

 

[colleen4nier]

I know that this is an old thread.

YES, baking soda works on rats. I put some around the rat hole and the next morning found 2 dead rats next to the garden hose. When they drink it activates the baking soda. Rats and mice are not able to burp, so the gas forms in their belly causing an internal explosion. It help if you leave out shallow pans of beer too. The reaction of the baking soda and beer is a quick kill.

I am here checking on the safety of the chickens eating some on accident.

 

[Dragonssyn]

Don't do it!

Baking soda neutralizes stomach acid and could result in digestive problems if your chickens get in it. Besides I don't see any way it would kill a mouse unless perhaps you ran the mouse down and forced a large dose of citric or other acids down the mouse's throat, followed up before the mouse regurgitates the acid with a baking soda bolus. In that case the tiny Carbon Dioxide bubbles just may, and I repeat just may kill a mouse. But it seems like an awful lot of trouble to go to just to off a mouse or even to make it burp.

Your wrong it does kill mice and rats! Been using it for years and I’m willing to try it in my chicken coop because of the high cost of chicken feed,