Holely Moley Mole

[5peeps]

Ok I just got done with my run yesterday and when I went out this morning to check on the girls I noticed a mole had started digging up the soil in side the run . Funny thing is I put 1/2 hardware cloth one foot deep all the way around the coop I would think he / she could get out . But my question is do I need to worry about chickens and the mole together ?

Thanks
Will

 

[Lunachick]

I don't think you have to worry about a mole. Once the chickens start scratching around the mounds the mole makes, he would most likely move on. He's just looking for bugs too. Gee, I hope I'm right.

 

[MissPrissy]

Your chickens will fight over him and he will be no more if they catch him. He will be a tastey treat.

 

[Lunachick]

Yuck, Miss Prissy, would they really? The moles I have in my yard are pretty big.

 

[MissPrissy]

Chickens are omnivores. They will eat the smaller ones. They love meat. Mice, lizards, snakes, moles, worms, bugs, etc.

 

[BearSwampChick]

I hope they find the voles that are destroying the roots of my holly bushes. Of course, my cat Toby is doing a pretty bang-up job of that. Goood kitty!

 

[Lunachick]

I have a chipmunk that lives under my coop. I wonder how long he's got?

 

[5peeps]

Thanks MissPrissy ,

I was wondering if they would eat moles if they caught them (please let them catch him ) he is killing my yard and my wife won't let me kill him I already had to drive one to the woods down the street .

thanks
will

 

[Miltonchix]

Moles only eat grubs and bugs. Thats why they tunnel everywhere. I have them really bad. We've declared a truce. As long as they don't come up in the lawn/garden they can have the rest of the 5 acres.

 

[5peeps]

Mine are getting in the garden , lawn , and flower beds and for some reason it is only my yard he won't go into my either of my neighbors yards . just along the fence line ... Go chickens