Nevadans?

[aubreynoramarie]

Today was coop cleanout and mark found a mouse nest under the feed dish!!!! Grrr!!!
I think they're living under the coop. He was able to catch 8 of them with his bare (gloved) hands! I was very impressed. However we did see one run into a hole on the floor and escape. Guess its time for some humane traps

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Sneaky little jerks! Just saw one run past as I opened the coop door to collect eggs! Think we may have a major problem on our hands here...

 

[2seth2]

Do you have any mousers(chickens)?

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Apparently not!

 

[SunnyDawn]

I'm afraid they're everywhere in this area. Those that think they don't have them just haven't seen them. When I was staging homes I saw evidence of them around every home we worked in. I don't mean inside but outside they are abundant. I used to hate to set traps but after awhile it didn't bother me at all. You are nicer than me! Humane traps to me means no sticky traps or anything that means a slow torturous death.

I wish you the best of luck trying to get rid of them. I miss my old flock that would chase and kill the mice!

 

[sherylreno]

Sunny, I have 3 of your old flock and they sure do go after those mice. I still have mice though, saw one last night in the chicken run.

 

[Peep_Show]

It's the downside of keeping outdoor birds. Unfortunately, anywhere you have chicken food you have put out a nice supply of mice kibble....just the smell of all that nice grain product will bring them in. I found that even when I had my grain and whatnot in metal garbage cans that I still had rodents in the feed room. Argggh!

Good luck!

p.s.
I'm not saying that rodents aren't around, per se. But when my neighbors had chickens suddenly we were seeing chipmunks and little furry things all over the tops of the walls..... Not so much now that the birds are gone.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

I know there have always been mice but right now there are too many in the coop, so we need to thin the herd.
The humane traps are little boxes that trap the mouse and are reusable. The mouse goes in but can't come out. Too small for the chickens to get messed up in. We can take these traps every other day out into the desert and release them.

 

[NevadaRon]

Sunny, I have 3 of your old flock and they sure do go after those mice. I still have mice though, saw one last night in the chicken run.

I have some of her old flock too and they are quite efficient mousers! The only place mice are able to get into my runs is where the run door is. I put concrete blocks there and traps where there are any gaps just in case the little buggers get by. Haven't seen any in the traps since winter started and I've never seen any evidence of them in my coops.

 

[Lacy Blues]

I know there have always been mice but right now there are too many in the coop, so we need to thin the herd.
The humane traps are little boxes that trap the mouse and are reusable. The mouse goes in but can't come out. Too small for the chickens to get messed up in. We can take these traps every other day out into the desert and release them.

Well, don't come this direction. I have PLENTY!

Instead of releasing them, why not drop them into a washtub that's deep enough that they can't get out and then let your chickens at them? Free food.