Just seen mice and it’s not nice!

[Borders3]

That’s why I was speaking to the OP. Not sure why you thought I was addressing you...

Whoops sorry didn't mean to offend my bad, just trying to explain the purpose of the treadle feeders.

 

[RooStar Chicken Gang]

Get a cat, cat catches mice n rats here some times, kills em and leaves em lying around, chickens walk along and eat em sometimes.

 

[Aapomp831]

Whoops sorry didn't mean to offend my bad, just trying to explain the purpose of the treadle feeders.

Lol it’s all good, not offended Was just confused. The treadle feeders do sound awesome though!

 

[Borders3]

Lol it’s all good, not offended Was just confused. The treadle feeders do sound awesome though!

https://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?PRODREF=T661725&NOLOGIN=1
They are brilliant for being able to give the girls unlimited feeding, They last ages seeing as they are free ranging and finding the good stuff for themselves, the ones I got hold 12kg so only check once a week.

 

[Aapomp831]

https://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?PRODREF=T661725&NOLOGIN=1
They are brilliant for being able to give the girls unlimited feeding, They last ages seeing as they are free ranging and finding the good stuff for themselves, the ones I got hold 12kg so only check once a week.

Thank you! We are trying to make our set up as easy as possible for people... for when we go on vacation so I’ll probably be ordering them!

 

[aart]

https://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?PRODREF=T661725&NOLOGIN=1
They are brilliant for being able to give the girls unlimited feeding, They last ages seeing as they are free ranging and finding the good stuff for themselves, the ones I got hold 12kg so only check once a week.

Link didn't work for me.

 

[Borders3]

Link didn't work for me.

I've just clicked it and it opened for me on your post. Google "Flyte so fancy" chicken treadle feeders

 

[perkolator]

We had rodent problems in our old coop. I once found a rat inside the hanging feeder that got in, gorged himself and got stuck inside from eating too much - so I raised the feeder up a few chain links so it was higher off the ground and that pretty much resolved them getting into it. I also found the simple design of the "magical mouse trap box" I found in a YouTube video and was getting them inside that. I even got to a point where I was closing the coop at night with a loaded pellet gun ready for the rats that would run out. Rodents promote rattlesnakes in my area and we've got kids running around - so new coop setup got hardware cloth everywhere and very small gaps to prevent rodent activity - I've seen zero evidence of rodents, yay!

 

[aart]

magical mouse trap box

This one @perkolator ?
Makes sense to me, and perfect for inside a coop.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

I am seconding the cat idea, also most chickens will at least try to eat a mouse (effectively scaring them) so if you can live trap them and feed them to the birds then that is less feed.