What a Horrible coop owner... So GROSSED out...

[LittleFeat]

I agree cats work great. Just keep in mind that if you are feeding them cat food free choice outside, then you are also feeding and attracting raccoons, possums, and skunks. They LOVE the free dinner bowl left out for them. You may get rid of the mice only to have a new predator problem.

 

[Paganbird]

We bought one of the traps that has a small opening & shocks the mice when they go in. It instantly kills them.

 

[MakNat]

I have 3 cats... They are all heavy as lead and I do not feed them all that much, nor leave it out at night. I have never seen any of them catch a mouse!! But they can't get in the coop at night either. Wish I could just fit my 3 bad roosters with some night vision goggles!!

 

[redstars]

I got 20 mice in one week with my bucket trap. They were eating the wires on my lawn mower
Now I just keep a trap in the shed at all times.

 

[Chris09]

Bucket trap will work.
I got to say this a Male cat wont hunt unless it is real hungry (there lazy!). I have 2 female barn cats ( 1 in each barn ) and they work for there food but the best thing we have found for getting rid of mice/ rats is a good rat terrier. My wife's littler rat terrier will get them every time, she will dig out the whole to get to them.

Chris

 

[LittleFeat]

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RAMBO ROOS!! I can just see them now....standing there with their goggles and rifles and ammo belts!!

 

[gaeamama]

Peppermint Oil!!!

Really, it works great for me, in two different locations I've lived.

Put a few drops of peppermint oil on steel wool and push that into any holes in/around the coop. If you don;t have steel wool, use a cotton ball. But the steel wool is more repulsive to mice, I don't know why. But it's the peppermint oil that keeps the mice away, and I even found a dead mouse by my cotton-ball soaked with peppermint oil. I don't remember any of the scientific reasoning, but i do know it repels and sometimes kills mice. Use only real essential oil when doing this. I had a mouse problem last year, until I put the steel wool and peppermint oil out there.

Good luck!

 

[19hhbelgian]

We have also used the electronic zapper trap... It does work, you just have to remember to check it, and replace the batteries when necessary

 

[MakNat]

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Cool Thanks! Thats the best idea for my situation I think... I will fix it up tomorrow and hope for the best. I hate killing the little boogers, but they should not have moved in on my poultry!!!

 

[hinkjc]

Don't have pity on them. Remember, they are vectors for disease, which makes them a huge problem with managing poultry. When you see 1 or 2, there are usually many, many more. I always say once you see them, you've got a BIG problem. We use the electronic traps too, as well as the flip ones (the mouse goes in and the door slams shut behind them..no way out. Be careful with electronic ones that give a zap..they can zap your birds too. The bucket method sounds like a good choicce for your situation. Be sure to check it early and take it out during the day so your chooks don't end up in it.