Rats... I'm worried... baby chicks moved outside today!

[Lemon-Drop]

hey lemon, I take it they made it through their first night then?
I am dreading the cull here myself. I've got 5 males, all still indoors, the 9 week old has started crowing and yes the neighbours have probably heard him by now. They don't know I've started keeping chickens again but that is why I went for the smallest breed I could find this time. My dog so far is still louder so less reason for anyone to complain about 5 cockerels crowing I hope. Here I still need to fence off the coop and he needs to go out asap.

Yep, they made it through the night, and I'm so glad!

 

[0die]

to be rat proof you will need hardware cloth over and under EVERYTHING. not chicken wire.

Rats are really interested in the chicken food, not the chicks. But if the opportunity is there...

But likely they will choose free & easy chick feed over having to kill a chick...maybe...

 

[Lemon-Drop]

to be rat proof you will need hardware cloth over and under EVERYTHING. not chicken wire.

Rats are really interested in the chicken food, not the chicks. But if the opportunity is there...

But likely they will choose free & easy chick feed over having to kill a chick...maybe...

Ok, thank you!