Infestation - mice / pack rats

[aart]

Gonna see if I have something to hold my cam in there so I can see what's going on.

Game cam, motion detection, would be great.

 

[Madi131]

We just had this problem too. Well we still kind of do. My little banty rooster who lives with the ducks all teamed up and killed a huge rat. Found it in their house bloodied.

He had his head curled up under him in the bag. I just put sand all over the flooring of the coop. They cant tunnel in very well and it's much easier to clean. Just poop scoop it if I have to. Pretty cheap too

 

[Al Gerhart]

How are you feeding the chickens? If you spend the cash on a rat proof chicken feeder, a proper treadle feeder, the rats and mice will just leave. Unless you just want a hobby...

Proper feeder with a spring loaded door, installed correctly, train the birds correctly (do not prop it open!), and your bulk feed in metal trash cans or barrels, do a bit of clean up around the coop to make them travel further for cover, and no more rodents.

It is that simple.

 

[Madi131]

How are you feeding the chickens? If you spend the cash on a rat proof chicken feeder, a proper treadle feeder, the rats and mice will just leave. Unless you just want a hobby...

Proper feeder with a spring loaded door, installed correctly, train the birds correctly (do not prop it open!), and your bulk feed in metal trash cans or barrels, do a bit of clean up around the coop to make them travel further for cover, and no more rodents.

It is that simple.

I agree for the chickens, but it's not that easy with a mixed flock. I've got ducks, pigeons, turkey, quail, chickens and even parrots in the house with me. They all need different things. I know my quail aren't even strong enough for the watering cups. I tried.

 

[Madi131]

I agree for the chickens, but it's not that easy with a mixed flock. I've got ducks, pigeons, turkey, quail, chickens and even parrots in the house with me. They all need different things. I know my quail aren't even strong enough for the watering cups. I tried.

The pigeons, I don't know if they all do this or not, will fly to the feeders, get their food, and fly somewhere else to eat it. The chickens also do this. So that has a lot of mess as well

 

[Al Gerhart]

Well the quail and pigeons would be candidates for a pole mounted feeder I suppose, for sure a treadle feeder won't work for them. Most likely they would scratch feed out on the ground anyway. The turkeys and ducks will use a treadle feeder just fine with a duck step added.

 

[aart]

Well the quail and pigeons would be candidates for a pole mounted feeder

Pole.....how high?
Quail are ground birds.

 

[hayley3]

Game cam, motion detection, would be great.

Licked off again but the cam picked up nothing. Maybe mice are too small to trigger the camera.
Will try again tonight.

 

[aart]

Licked off again but the cam picked up nothing. Maybe mice are too small to trigger the camera.
Will try again tonight.

 

[50-45-1]

Just checking in with my bucket results.
Bucket shown in post #50 put out in garage on the 3th, so 10 days total.
4th- 1 mouse
8th- 4 mice
10th- 5 mice- bait licked off by something- i did not re-bait it
13th- 8 mice

My husbands bucket shown in post # 7
March 8th- 2 mice
March 13th- still 2 mice
Bait still on this can.
So i have freshed the bait, fished out all the mice, and swithed locations.
Both designs work for mice. I think the bait was licked off by red squirels or chipminks which can streatch over and reach it and not go down in, and even if it did tip them in, they would be able to leap out. As i only have 3-4 inches of fluid in the bottom.