Hopefully, a predator whether feathered or not eating my sick dying poisoned rat will associate my property with sickness and leave.
While bird of prey nests might work in a vineyard it would not work around poultry as poultry is bird of prey food, grapes are not.
I have far too many birds of prey here. They are a bigger problem than rats. A couple weeks ago I had to run to town, when I returned there was an eagle in my yard eating a rooster. They are so numerous they have become emboldened. He did not leave the rooster until I was within 20-30 ft of it. I had a hawk hit the side of my house while diving for and killing a chicken. My chickens should be able to be safe 5 ft from my house.
So please excuse me if I don’t feel bad about a sick dying bird of prey.
That said, I use very little poison. I have lots of cats, enough to make any crazy old cat lady jealous. I feed them very little. Hungry cats kill!
Rats hate cat poop and urine smell.
I also encourage crows to live around here. My compost pile is about 200 yards from my coop. I leave offerings for the crows. (Eggs that we can’t eat) and they pick through the compost.
Crows and Ravens don’t eat chickens ( full grown anyway). They do help control BOP.
I trap mammals I don’t want here, live traps, Duke leg trap, jaw traps further from my cat area, along with conabears. I shoot coyotes, raccoons, fox and so forth on sight. I actively hunt them with predator calls.
Rats, mice, chipmunks and squirrels are a predator to me they want to eat my poultry feed. So they must die or move on. I am a tad kinder to the Grey Squirrels as they have a hunting season and taste yummy. Black squirrels get a pass as they are kind of rare I like seeing them.
I do not have a rat problem anymore, I became aggressive. I took in every cat I could find.
I have buckets of poison, I keep it incase a rat moves back here. No need to use it with a hoard of hungry cats around.
My birds will continue to free range and eat at will. Life is good.
While bird of prey nests might work in a vineyard it would not work around poultry as poultry is bird of prey food, grapes are not.
I have far too many birds of prey here. They are a bigger problem than rats. A couple weeks ago I had to run to town, when I returned there was an eagle in my yard eating a rooster. They are so numerous they have become emboldened. He did not leave the rooster until I was within 20-30 ft of it. I had a hawk hit the side of my house while diving for and killing a chicken. My chickens should be able to be safe 5 ft from my house.
So please excuse me if I don’t feel bad about a sick dying bird of prey.
That said, I use very little poison. I have lots of cats, enough to make any crazy old cat lady jealous. I feed them very little. Hungry cats kill!
Rats hate cat poop and urine smell.
I also encourage crows to live around here. My compost pile is about 200 yards from my coop. I leave offerings for the crows. (Eggs that we can’t eat) and they pick through the compost.
Crows and Ravens don’t eat chickens ( full grown anyway). They do help control BOP.
I trap mammals I don’t want here, live traps, Duke leg trap, jaw traps further from my cat area, along with conabears. I shoot coyotes, raccoons, fox and so forth on sight. I actively hunt them with predator calls.
Rats, mice, chipmunks and squirrels are a predator to me they want to eat my poultry feed. So they must die or move on. I am a tad kinder to the Grey Squirrels as they have a hunting season and taste yummy. Black squirrels get a pass as they are kind of rare I like seeing them.
I do not have a rat problem anymore, I became aggressive. I took in every cat I could find.
I have buckets of poison, I keep it incase a rat moves back here. No need to use it with a hoard of hungry cats around.
My birds will continue to free range and eat at will. Life is good.
The food in storage hasn’t been bothered at all.
