Rats-need ideas how to store wood less attractively

[Folly's place]

Having feed outside of a safe run and coop will bring in unwanted visitors, yes. Also mice and rats, definitely not good, and the weasels and critters who prey on them.
Mary

 

[cmom]

So, nobody has any strong opinions on wood storage arrangements that are least attractive to rats?

I have mine on pallets

 

[cmom]

I also use poison. I had a rat infested coop that I renovated. It had inside walls that the rats made nests in. I have a barn behind the coops and had seen rats in the barn. It makes sense they would travel between that coop and the barn. I use rat bait stations similar to yours and put them in the barn where nothing but the rats could get to them. Rats will travel. The rats didn't touch the bait that came with the bait stations so I tried another bait and they seem to love it. I had noticed tunnels around the coops so I assume they were made by the rats because I haven't found any dead rats laying around and lately the baits haven't been touched so I also assume they went into their tunnels and died. My rat bait stations have a little window above the bait so I can check it daily. Good luck...

 

[RojoMarz]

Question: do raccoons, skunks, opossums, etc eat chicken feed?
If so, where people put the treadle feeder if they use an outdoor one? Or is there a lock point so it can be set to not open at night?

@Al Gerhart where do i find your feeder again? Does it have a brand name?

It's the Ratproof Feeder

 

[Al Gerhart]

Question: do raccoons, skunks, opossums, etc eat chicken feed?
If so, where people put the treadle feeder if they use an outdoor one? Or is there a lock point so it can be set to not open at night?

@Al Gerhart where do i find your feeder again? Does it have a brand name?

Yes, all of the listed critters will happily eat chicken feed. The critters listed will also just open the feeder, they are heavier and have a longer reach than a chicken so you would either need to lock the feeder somehow or better, put it in the coop so the critters are fenced out at night.
Rat proof chicken feeder is the brand. Look at my tag line.

 

[Birdielee]

Thanks to all.
@Al Gerhart , i dont see a tag line. And you told someone to look left at one point, but there's nothing there either, on my screen
Maybe it's a phone vs computer issue

 

[ChristinLewin]

Thanks to all.
@Al Gerhart , i dont see a tag line. And you told someone to look left at one point, but there's nothing there either, on my screen
Maybe it's a phone vs computer issue

http://ratproofchickenfeeder.com/Medium-Ratproof-Chicken-Feeder_p_1.html

The whole “look to the left” was said in a joking manner as in “you won’t like what I’m about to say so just look away” type of thing

hope this helps!

 

[RojoMarz]

http://ratproofchickenfeeder.com/Medium-Ratproof-Chicken-Feeder_p_1.html

The whole “look to the left” was said in a joking manner as in “you won’t like what I’m about to say so just look away” type of thing

hope this helps!

I thought the "look to the left" was referring to his profile picture (which is one of his feeders). He does have his web url in his signature. I get the impression that Al tries real hard to offer information and advice, not to spam.