EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Sally Sunshine]

sam

Grey, drizzling, and 48° here.

same here but 44

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I don't like tea either.

me either, makes me stomach ill

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Time to search threads on rodants. I think I have five times as many mice as chickens now

 

[Sally Sunshine]

RATS MICE How to Build a “Stairway to Heaven” click HERE


DIY Small animal Traps post #71895

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[duluthralphie]

Mice and rats are a thing of the past here... I have cats now!

I hate cats! My cats live outside in the cold. I give them enough to stick around and survive. They hunt for the rest....

I hate rats, mice and chipmunks worse than cats....So cats are here to stay.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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GET RID OF THOSE RODENTS & PREVENTION! Rodents not only physically damage the building structures and equipment but they can also break and eat eggs and kill young chicks. Rodents are also major vectors (carriers) and reservoirs of poultry and zoonotic pathogens (pathogens that can be spread from animals to humans), including Pasteurella multocida, Salmonella typhimurium, S. enteritidis and influenza and infectious bursal disease viruses. After cleaning and disinfection of a poultry house, mouse populations can remain infected with bacteria and viruses that infect poultry for at least 10 months. Rodents also carry parasites such as lice, mites and fleas. In addition, rodents cause general nuisance for birds in the house due to their noise and movements. The birds may be frightened, which results in poor performance.
A rodent control program that includes sanitation, rodent-proofing, population reduction, and evaluating and monitoring the rodent situation should be a critical part of every poultry farm’s biosecurity and overall management programme.
Rodent Control: 7 Ways To Keep Mice And Rats Out of the Coop CLICK HERE
Rodent Control and how to tell MICE FROM RATS via droppings etc. CLICK HERE
Common rodenticides and their dose requirements are listed in Table CLICK HERE

 

[Jessimom]

Time to search threads on rodants. I think I have five times as many mice as chickens now

After my INDOOR only cats somehow got their paw in a hole in the wall to grab a rat, I decided I needed help. Our local shelter has "barn cats". They are feral cats that are fixed, and healthy that they give you - as long as you have a place for them to sleep and have a safe environment (and promise to feed and water them, plus trap them and take them to a vet if they are sick). I picked up 3 yesterday. I let them go in my basement. I have not seen them since. We have to keep them inside for 2 to 3 weeks to get them acclimated to our property. They have access to all the crawl spaces under the house, as well as the basement. There is no way for them to get out from under the house. But there a ton of places they can hide. I put food out, and it wasn't touched last night. So, it will be interesting if I start to find dead rats all over the place. Also, whether I will actually see these cats ever again.....

One is pure white - part Angora - they said almost 5 months old. One is a beautiful shiny grey, and the 3rd was a grey and orange tabby. They didn't know the age of the other 2. They looked pretty young.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

yes I was just discussing this with the family, last set of cats they kept in the house and they brought fleas and man you cant get rid of them like on dogs!! I really need outside cats, its getting terrible!! I have killed five rats in the past month, I think they are the young of a big mother ratter ughhhh never had I seen any sign of them before.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

After my INDOOR only cats somehow got their paw in a hole in the wall to grab a rat, I decided I needed help. Our local shelter has "barn cats". They are feral cats that are fixed, and healthy that they give you - as long as you have a place for them to sleep and have a safe environment (and promise to feed and water them, plus trap them and take them to a vet if they are sick). I picked up 3 yesterday. I let them go in my basement. I have not seen them since. We have to keep them inside for 2 to 3 weeks to get them acclimated to our property. They have access to all the crawl spaces under the house, as well as the basement. There is no way for them to get out from under the house. But there a ton of places they can hide. I put food out, and it wasn't touched last night. So, it will be interesting if I start to find dead rats all over the place. Also, whether I will actually see these cats ever again.....

One is pure white - part Angora - they said almost 5 months old. One is a beautiful shiny grey, and the 3rd was a grey and orange tabby. They didn't know the age of the other 2. They looked pretty young.

great idea to call the shelter!!

 

[Jessimom]

great idea to call the shelter!!

We have such a warm climate - never really freezes, that we have an huge population of feral cats. Most vets and our local shelter offers to spay them if folks trap them. Since there are a ton of backyard chicken folks and a lot of farms out here still, they found that this was the safest way to rehome these - since nobody wants to adopt an adult feral cat, when there are a bunch of cute, friendly kittens running around. It's a win, win for us and them. Although, I'm probably going to do my best to get these cats to at least tolerate me.

I searched for colony traps. I like the fact you don't need bait and it will catch multiple rodents each time. I found a place that sold them for $60, but then I also found another page that shows you how to build a basic one. We have SO MANY rats that I think I'll help out the cats by building a few of these.

http://www.trap-anything.com/colony-trap-plans.html