Mouse Problem

[Saaniya]

Hey all
Just from 2-3 days I've been notice mouse coming to my chicken room often at night
I see some mouse poop in the morning and it distrub me


I want to ask do mouse give lice or mites to chicken ? I am worried fo lice

I can't use poison due to my chickens he wander all day in my lobby and it's summer so they don't sleep in their Cage

So I can't use poison that's an issue

What should I do? Pls help me here


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[Mrs. K]

Get Buckeye chickens? They are known mousers, better than a cat some people say. Maybe you can't get those where you are in India, but a more aggressive chicken might help.

 

[aart]

I want to ask do mouse give lice or mites to chicken ?

Mites, maybe, but probably not lice.
Set snap traps under a milk crate or wire basket or something similar so only the rodents can access them.
Is your feed in metal cans to keep the mice from getting into it?

 

[Saaniya]

Get Buckeye chickens? They are known mousers, better than a cat some people say. Maybe you can't get those where you are in India, but a more aggressive chicken might help.

Oh really my roosters are aggressive but they get scared when they see anything running lol even from a bird sitting in balcony

 

[Saaniya]

Mites, maybe, but probably not lice.
Set snap traps under a milk crate or wire basket or something similar so only the rodents can access them.
Is your feed in metal cans to keep the mice from getting into it?

Phew ..now I'm.getting traps by tomorrow.. thanks for the help

 

[wyoDreamer]

Make a bucket trap, they work really well to catch mice.

My friend makes them out of tall 5 gallon buckets with lids and drills a 2" hole in the side near the top, right under the rim. That way he can put the lid on to keep his dogs from licking off all the peanut butter.

A dowel is threaded through a drill hole under the big hole, through a tomato paste can (nice small diameter can) and out the other side of the bucket. Put peanut butter on the can to attract the mice and put 3" water in bottom of bucket (anti-freeze in winter) to drown them when they fall in. Warning, don't put the lid on tight or you will slosh water out the hole trying to get it open. We only snap it in 2 places - the lid is to keep the dogs from licking off all the peanut butter from the can.
We also put a piece of wood as a ramp from the floor to the dowel - place that side against the wall.

 

[aart]

I've found good old fashioned wire snap traps to be the best.

There are various ways to protect the chickens from them...in a box with mouse sized holes down low, under a milk crate.

My best tips...
-I use scratch grains as bait, shoving one sunflower seed or corn kernel tight into trigger hole.
-Set bait end of traps against a wall or other vertical surface-like a box 4-6" tall.
These 2 things increased my catch rate exponentially.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Having the bait end against the wall is a good tip.
Mice usually run along the wall, so that is the best place to set the traps.
somehow, I usually get snapped by the trap when I try to use those. I like my knuckles as they are, lol.
Besides, snap traps are one and done. The bucket can keep catching mice once it is set-up.

 

[Saaniya]

I've found good old fashioned wire snap traps to be the best.

There are various ways to protect the chickens from them...in a box with mouse sized holes down low, under a milk crate.

My best tips...
-I use scratch grains as bait, shoving one sunflower seed or corn kernel tight into trigger hole.
-Set bait end of traps against a wall or other vertical surface-like a box 4-6" tall.
These 2 things increased my catch rate exponentially.

I just saw Ultrasonic Sound Machine for mouse did this machine harm chickens ? I can get this easily

 

[Folly's place]

Forget the sound machine! The old style wire snap traps work best, as traps go. It takes practice to set them, but they do well. Buckets, as described, work for some also.
In the face of a real mouse invasion, poison bait is best. The bait stations can be placed in a box or cage so only rodents can enter, and most poisoned rodents return to their tunnels and die there. Any found can be disposed of in the garbage, never left outside!
Check your coop for access points, and fix whatever you can.
Chickens are not able to hunt or kill rodents, or anything else, at night. That's when the 'mice will play'!
By the time you notice mouse poo and see them, it's likely that there are MANY!
Mary