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carcar80 said:
We have a semi-major rat issue (well, to me ANY rat is an issue) in our detached workshop. Hubby is constantly battling them but that's beside the point at this time.

The coop where my broody and chicks live butts up to said workshop. I realized the other night that rats are able to get into the coop, as I caught one scurrying away from the feeder when I walked up. Couldn't figure out how they were getting in...

Just now I went out and FOUR RATS were scurrying out. They are getting in through a seam in the ceiling wire that I forgot was there.

I removed the feeder and came in complaining to hubby.. But then I thought, should I have left the feeder? I don't figure the rats will mess with babies underneath Mama but am I wrong?
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Are they really rats or are you pulling a Robo and calling little field mice rats?

I'd worry about rats and bitty babies but chickens have been known to eat rats so ...
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Well they're not field mice, LOL. They aren't wolf rats either though. These are about the length of my hand plus their tail. They are awful cute though. ;)
 
Well I would DEF worry if they were lone babies, but I'm hoping having a mama will help. I decided the thought of them "slobbering" in the feeder grosses me out more than the possibility of them snatching a chick worries me. There is an open-top bowl of feed out in the run and I'm sure they'd be more likely to try that first.

However I now have aspirations to buy cats and king snakes and release them in the workshop.
 
carcar80 said:
We have a semi-major rat issue (well, to me ANY rat is an issue) in our detached workshop. Hubby is constantly battling them but that's beside the point at this time.

The coop where my broody and chicks live butts up to said workshop. I realized the other night that rats are able to get into the coop, as I caught one scurrying away from the feeder when I walked up. Couldn't figure out how they were getting in...

Just now I went out and FOUR RATS were scurrying out. They are getting in through a seam in the ceiling wire that I forgot was there.

I removed the feeder and came in complaining to hubby.. But then I thought, should I have left the feeder? I don't figure the rats will mess with babies underneath Mama but am I wrong?
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A while back I posted about mice driving us crazy under our home. It was not mice it was a big rat! My DH put out some big rat traps and SNAP! Got'em! I hope that is the only one.
 

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