dum question???????

[mullers3acers]

Our coop is having a mouse or rat issue. I don't want to put anything in the coop that will hurt the girls. But I have heard that if you leave out a bowl of soda that the roudants will die kind of a natual death.
May I get some input? Thank You

 

[Corey NC]

Maybe you could get some live traps? They've always worked for me or you could stick a cat in the coop for the night.

 

[MissPrissy]

You could leave out some plaster of paris mixed with powdered sugar where the chickens can't get to it. The rats will eat it and all that is left in a day or two is the cleanup. And no poison if one died and your chickens ate it. They will eat them. Chickens love meat.

 

[panner123]

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Around animals this is one of the best ways to take care of rats, but I use oat meal instead of powdered sugar. Just place it where your animals can't get to it.

 

[MissPrissy]

Thank you, panner. I know alot of people will think it is cruel but it is one of the few ways to be sure you don't poison your own birds. I don't do live traps. Setting those things free just gives them the chance to come back, eat more feed and breed hundreds more like themselves.

mullers - I meant to add before that I know nothing of using soda unless the idea is the gas produced makes them either sick or they explode?