Mice!!!.....How do you control them!?!?

[Chickensrock10110]

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Not mine. You should see them when they see one,they go crazy !My chickens are too 'chicken' to even get close to the dish!

 

[amysue2012]

Cats are the way to go in my book!!! I've also heard of chickens eating mice, but I dont think mine have ever gotten the chance.

I think the kitties whisper at night to the chickens and tell them they can have all the bugs they want but have to leave the mice for them.

 

[BoJo]

My mouser!!

BoJo

 

[Chickensrock10110]

Well, to tell you the truth ,I also have a dog.He does not bother the chickens much but goes CRAZY when he sees a cat.I would want a kitty too but my dog wont let me.

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[hottexaschick]

I flip the light on in the coop at night and close the door.

 

[BantyHugger]

You could lock the chickens out of the infested area (coop right?). Lay down a ton of those sticky-no-kill mouse traps and then place the food in the middle of them. All the mice will try to get to the food but will get stuck in the journey. I know that sounds a little silly but its all i can think of right now...

 

[Emzyyy]

We have the same issue with rats/mice the rats get the size of your 2 fists. I was cleaning out the shed because we might be using it as a coop and I had to wear a mask because of the mouse droppings. I moved a cooler and shuffled some stuff around in it and 5 mice came running out and my dog Winston went balistic he almost caught one to.

 

[therealsilkiechick]

our mice were trap shy or could steal the peanut butter without traps going off. we just tried that blue paste bait stuff for mice. in 2 days they ate all the bait and 3rd day didn't finish it and r gone, no more signs of em and haven't seen any in about 4 days. we just put it in the hot water room where nothing else could get to it along the pipes where they was comeing in and out. don't know how my 2 cats missed em.

 

[KattyKillFish]

here are some AWESOME mouse traps.

with this one there isn't a mess and you don't have to see the mouse.
http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100530&id=prod2180401

but with THIS one, the one i actually use, WORKS LIKE MAGIC! guaranteed to kill, and no chance of you chickens getting trapped! i set 5 in my house and an hour later, 5 dead mice. mice can't just eat the bait off either, they have to stick their heads into a contraption and SNAP! dead mouse.
http://www.teebop.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=RB00095&source=froogle&kw=teebop

i use blueberry jam for bait. Wurks Guud.

 

[LovinMyChickies]

Cats! Mine like to bring them in the house though.