HEEEEEELLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!

[BackroadGirl57]

Found a flipping squirrel in the new run this morning. Rock salt and nails.

A squirrel. How??

 

[Ruler of the Roost]

Little flipper went under the door. Weakness exposed… at least it was not something more Nefarious.

 

[Ruler of the Roost]

First eggs in the new run.

 

[Ruler of the Roost]

I’m going to run 1x4 boards along the bottom once I have my 6’ backyard fence up and fill it with dirt until level. I’ll get some vinyl siding scraps and affix them to the rest of the space around the door. Should work to keep the rodents out.

 

[Nomadicus]

I’m going to run 1x4 boards along the bottom once I have my 6’ backyard fence up and fill it with dirt until level. I’ll get some vinyl siding scraps and affix them to the rest of the space around the door. Should work to keep the rodents out.

Squirrels and other rodents will chew through vinyl siding. Ask me how I know....

 

[Ruler of the Roost]

Squirrels and other rodents will chew through vinyl siding. Ask me how I know....

Ok… I’m going back to the automated machine guns idea then…or maybe a mote filled with sharks with laser beams attached to their heads.

On a separate note… are squirrels in themselves harmful to the coop in any way?

 

[Debbie292d]

Ok… I’m going back to the automated machine guns idea then…or maybe a mote filled with sharks with laser beams attached to their heads.

On a separate note… are squirrels in themselves harmful to the coop in any way?

Lice. And if it's the red ones, they eat wires. I get the 20-gauge out when we get too many of those.

 

[NatJ]

So my daughter came over and helped me catch the two outliers. She locked me in the pen and we opened the hole where the first one, princess penelope, escaped when I was flying solo. Then I had her position the fish net right over the hole. We did it at night so the black nylon net was virtually invisible. I chased her around the old coop till she darted out the hole again, right into the net. Easy transfer. That left Plucky on top of the coop. I stood under her and cut the chicken wire till she fell in. Rinse and repeat.

Good thinking!

It's nice to have human brains and tools, rather than chicken brains and no tools

 

[NatJ]

On a separate note… are squirrels in themselves harmful to the coop in any way?

Squirrels like to eat chicken food. Depending on how much they eat, it can make a noticeable difference in how much you have to buy.

(There could be other issues as well, but that's the first one that comes to mind for me.)

 

[AntiqueB]

The hardware cloth I have on the run door overlaps the frame by about 6". Nothing's gotten in yet except probably mice.