Mouse In My Chicken Coop

[bobbi16]

I went out to clean my chicken tractor coop and I saw mouse droppings next to my chickens water. It was strange to me because I keep the water on a piece of wood and the mouse droppings were only on the wood and not anywhere else in the coop that I could see.Guess the mice wanted a drink. Is it normal for mice to come around chickens or do I need to so something about it and get rid of them? Any suggestions? I don't want them spreading anything or contaminating the eggs.

Thanks

 

[rungirl]

Snap trap under a milk crate.

 

[they'reHISchickens]

We don't find live mice in the coop. However, we have found dead ones. For some reason, our girls think some mice parts are delicacies.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Mice come with keeping chickens. The burrow in the bedding, make nests under the coop floors, under nest boxes, etc. There is often a banquet of uneaten food and water to drink. Trap, trap, trap.