Mice in chicken house... any ideas on how to get rid of them? Without harming girls.

[ryarnell]

Any ideas on how to safely rid chicken house of mice?

 

[azygous]

 

[doublecrossranch]

I tried one of those and got nothing. I tried for a week with peanut butter and cat food

 

[CluckerFamily]

Can you keep the chickens out of the coop for a little bit and set up mouse traps in the coop? If you use cashews and all chick feed is taken out, you will catch them quickly.

 

[Yardmom]

I use live traps that can catch more than a dozen at a time. I think bought them at Wal-Mart for a few dollars each.

 

[azygous]

Bucket roller traps have pretty much eliminated my mouse and pack rat problems. Before that, they were eating my garden down to the soil, and running all over the coops and runs. They outsmarted every single type of trap I used. I now leave one bucket trap in each of my runs and keep the roller baited with peanut butter. I have flat sticks propped against each bucket so the mice can climb up to the roller. And I place each bucket trap in spots where I have found evidence of rodent activity. The buckets always are best against a wall since mice rarely like to travel out in the open space. I've caught several hundred mice and rats over the years. It is the most successful, easy to use trap I've ever tried. Those spring traps have caught my fingers more than once. Ouch! And I refuse to use poison anywhere near my chickens.

 

[LateBirdFarms]

I've found that the best bait for traps is a ball made of moist chicken feed, its what they're there for after all, just have to make sure there's no alternative source for them to eat from.

 

[mowin]

I tried one of those and got nothing. I tried for a week with peanut butter and cat food

Really? I had fantastic results. But I made my own with a coat hanger and a pepsi can.

Wait, can I get royalties from Pepsi?

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

I have them all over the place, I use RV antifreeze in them, helps pickle the mice, keeps it from freezing and is pet safe. make my weekly rounds emptying them. I find gatorade or Snapple quart bottles to work the best, put the bait on opposite sides, they pretty much always have to get off balance and then splash. leave one in the camper all winter..just have to remember to go empty it once things warm up

 

[50-45-1]

The Bucket Trap Way To Mouse Control
5 gallon bucket traps work on mice.
Rats squirrels chipmunks...bigger rodents can eat the bait and not get caught because they can jump out.