strange holes

[gameboygal12]

I went to go feed my chickens, and I this hole a little smaller then a fist. I shoved a rock in it. then the next day, I see a hole dug around it! then I plugged it up with another rock. nothing dug around it. then a month later, i see about 3 tiny holes leading into the chicken pen! what do you think it is? and how do I stop whatever it is from digging tunnels?

 

[jerseygirl1]

woodchuck?

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Mole or snake maybe? Too small for an armadillo...hope you find out soon!

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

I'd say it's mice or rats.

 

[mxpres]

rats

 

[Kung Foo Chicken]

Rats

 

[chickensioux]

I say rats too.

 

[77horses]

Ugh rats...I would hate to have those around here.

They eat chicken's eggs and the really large ones sometimes even eat baby chicks.

But it could also be a mole or chipmunk or something? Depending on where you live (the climate, too), if it's cold out then it wouldn't be a snake. They hibernate in winter. But it could also be a weasel (I hope not!

), or if the holes are really small and don't go down very deep (like a small animal snout had been poking into it), then that would be a skunk. They use their snouts to make little puncture holes to find those nasty grub things at night. But from your description, I don't think it would be a skunk.


Good luck and I hope whatever it is, it doesn't bother your chickens at all!

 

[turbodog]

Put me down for "rat" too. I've seen one of the little buggers run down into a small hole in the ground near my barn.

 

[chicken boy sam]

Rats