Q about feeding mice. **Those against killing mice DO NOT CLICK***

[aart]

Anyone else try this?

Nope, but that guy is good.
ETA: after watching the vid am a bit disappointed that he seems more concerned with YT politics than the product tested.
I wanted to know if the chickens ate any of the bait....and why a 'trap genius' had such a large population of rats.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

So I can eat the eggs? No one really answered...

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Your chickens need to step up their game.

 

[aart]

So I can eat the eggs? No one really answered...

Multiple people said their birds eat mice, and they eat the eggs.
It's up to you to decide.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Multiple people said their birds eat mice, and they eat the eggs.
It's up to you to decide.

I was just typing that same thing.

 

[SueT]

There is a youtube poster who tests various kinds of mouse and rat traps, including antique ones. Very interesting, to me. He has a channel he calls 'mouse trap Monday'. He recently tested a product called "Rat X" which claims to only kill the rodents, not pets, wildlife, etc. Supposedly it makes the rodent lose its desire to drink water and it goes into its burrow and dies. He tried it on rats and then dug up the burrows a few days later to find rat carcasses. I haven't tried the product but it sounds like a good solution with less chance to find its way into the food chain. Anyone else try this? Here is a link

I bought a small package of Mouse X and just sprinkled a bit here and there behind things in the barn. I don't know if it killed mice or not. Maybe I need to dump the whole bag in one spot like he did in the video.
It has a lot of salt in it, this is part of how it kills the rats. I would not put it where chickens could get it, regardless of the statement about being harmless to pets.

 

[nuthatched]

So I can eat the eggs? No one really answered...

Besides the odd dozen people? If you want to, go ahead, the possible pros and cons have been explained to you.

 

[MysteryChicken]

One thing about mice, is that is the most common way chickens contract salmonella. Mice are more likely to have salmonella, & other diseases then chickens.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Thanks for the replies! I'll probably eat the eggs.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Eggs getting infected is every 1 in 1 million, so getting salmonella from eggs is rare unless you get eggs from a store, then the chances are slightly higher since the chicken farms the eggs come from are very unsanitary.