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  1. BlueHorse17

    Missing eggs?

    Hi everyone! So I noticed that four quail eggs have randomly disappeared over the course of the night. We have their coop on the ground, and we have chicken wire around the caged coop part. I’m thinking maybe rats might be going in to try and get the eggs? I’ve noticed this the past three days...
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  2. A

    Chicken-Safe Dogs for Rats? Your experience?

    This is very much a noobie question, and I'm just looking for general thoughts and opinions. We've got a rat infestation on the property and poison is not an option (yes, we know about the other options). We've been discussing getting a dog, but I've read so many horror stories of dogs going...
  3. C

    How to protect chicks from rodents

    Hi, I have 3 chicks and they live in area where lots of rats are there. I am going for a trip for 3 days and givings chicks to my neighbour. There are no other predetor such as cat, snake and birds of prey. Does rat kill chickens ?, Please help
  4. Sheriloo3

    Rats RETURNING stolen eggs???

    I have recently discovered a bit of a rat problem in my coop/run and am working on getting it taken care of. I have a few things in the works, but if I have more issues, I'll be back for suggestions. What I'm here for is to inquire about a real head-scratcher that happened today. I have a...
  5. Emrosenagel

    Many, many rats

    Hello, a few months ago, I noticed a pair of rats (they’re small, so they may be mice) living beneath my coop. Now —I blame my tender heart for this one — I didn’t take any action because the mother was moving her babies, and I just didn’t have it in me to kill babies. Everything was fine for a...
  6. AngelaY

    Any tricks for getting rid of rats?

    Early this summer, we started noticing signs of rats around the yard. About A week later we saw one. A few weeks later they were a common sight, and their holes were EVERYWHERE! We've tried so many things to try to get rid of them but nothing works (even with a hunter cat that kills up to 7 rats...
  7. EverythingDucks

    Any mice or rat owners?

    I'm going to an animal sanctuary farm sorta place to give their rabbit area a makeover. It's in a building but not connected to any other and it doesn't have AC. I know lots of about rabbits but I have no experience with mice or rats. I'll attach some pictures of their current setup when I go...
  8. samcrook2

    Help ! Ill chickens !!!

    So I previously had this with two polish and was unsure. But this morning I lost one of my old hens and the same is happening to one of the newest editions please help. She is lathargic shutting her eyes and rocking backwards and forwards without a desire to eat or drink. It’s killing my entire...
  9. Beezchickens

    Rat half eaten in run

    Hi there, I am worried that the rat I found in my chicken run may have been poisoned and my chicken may have ate some. Is there anything I can do or way to know if it was poisoned? Is it possible she killed it? I live in the city and have seen rats under my coop.
  10. ShrekDawg

    Raccoon broke in but left the chickens? Or did it steal from another animal???

    Soooo I went out to check the chickens today and let them out and I discovered a bunch of empty egg shells on the ground outside the coop, appears to be about 6 eggs with yolk still pretty fresh in some, and what appears to be raccoon prints on top of the nest box??? But I cannot for the life of...
  11. Paige N

    Rats and Floor area of large coop

    I have a large (12x20) coop for my hens. They free range during the day (mostly unless we've seen a predator or I've got maintenance work going on). But we've got rats in the coop and I've got to keep them out! They're digging under the wire barriers and just being a nuisance. So I've...
  12. CanadaEh

    How long it takes for rat poison to break down in a dead rat?

    How long will it take for rat poison to break down and become safe in a dead rat? Another words, for how long rat poison would be still dangerous for any animal (e.g chicken/dog) eating dead rat remains?
  13. L

    Chickens ate rat poop..salmonella concern

    My chickens definitely ate rat poop over the course of a month while trying to get a rat problem under control. I heard this is how most chickens contract salmonella. Is this true? Are wild rats carrying salmonella and spreading to backyard chickens this way? If they are infected (how would I...
  14. Nats Chickens

    Rats stealing chicks?

    I have a broody hen (and, unlike most people, I am doing the happy dance) and, I want to put fertile eggs under her... We have a large colony of rats (also blue tongues and mice) living in our backyard. If Belle and the eggs/chicks are locked in guinea pig hutch inside the coop with bars that...
  15. R

    Feeder recommendation

    We have three backyard adult chickens. We also have a lot of rats in the neighborhood and enjoying the feed in the coop (plus they also feast on my compost bins). We just put in a new floor for the coop which will make it less accessible to the rats due to burrowing from below. Now I'd like...
  16. L

    Rat problem in Texas worried about disease!

    After seeing some rat dropping in the nesting boxes and food I tried to clean it out. I didn’t have on a mask at first and I am really hoping I haven’t exposed myself to hantavirus. Can anyone calm my fears about this? Do most people get it after heavy exposure or can you get it more easily than...
  17. T

    Three dead hens in a month

    After years of relatively healthy birds and a safe coop and run, we have recently had three hens between 1-3 years old die unexpectedly several weeks apart. We do have a ton of brown and black widow spiders at this time of year as well as rats/mice and possibly snakes that can access the hens...
  18. cwaterbury

    Rat-catching hen

    Yesterday, while only a few feet away from me, one if my hens pounced and grabbed a young rat from the grass in broad daylight. The other hens wanted to "share" and quite a ruckus ensued. By the time I wrangled the rat away, it was dead, so I buried it. Had I not intervened, I'm sure they would...
  19. Mother of Chooks

    The Rats Are Back

    Welp, with the beginning of spring the rats are trying to move back into my chicken coop once again as they do every year. Normally in the past, we've had to resort to your traditional rat-traps to get rid of the adults and then catching the baby ones and disposing of them ourselves. We plan on...
  20. ThreeOfSeven

    Rat Trap

    Has anyone tried one of these rat traps? I set it up a while back, but it was out in the open, and the squirrels had their way with it. Now it's in the large chicken run that is fenced all around and overhead. Squirrels can't get in. Hoping to find some angry rats in it tomorrow morning.
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