Electrify metal run

[chaks1]

Hello

I’m looking for advice/ experiences electrifying a metal run. I am planning to do this with my Omlet Walk-in run using this electric fence charger https://a.co/d/5PFmF8Z

Do you think this will work to deter rats?

I will be putting it on at night once the chickens are safe inside their coop. Coop is free-standing inside the run and not connected to the run in any way.

My run is already covered in hardware cloth but the rats are finding a way in.

I am doing all the other normal things for rats (no food left out etc)

Just really looking for advice on the electrifying metal run

Thanks in advance.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

My run is already covered in hardware cloth but the rats are finding a way in.

Rats tunnel under ground and/or use pre-existing tunnels.

Consider posying a photo of your set up.

I found that even though I collected feed everyday.. the rats would still come around for the "shrapnel" left behind from the birds normal mess.

I also wonder if they might not be prone to eating the droppings, like my dogs do.. due to the high protein content and otherwise indigested grains/nutrients?

 

[cute fuzzy chicks]

Rats tunnel under ground and/or use pre-existing tunnels.

Consider posying a photo of your set up.

I found that even though I collected feed everyday.. the rats would still come around for the "shrapnel" left behind from the birds normal mess.

I also wonder if they might not be prone to eating the droppings, like my dogs do.. due to the high protein content and otherwise indigested grains/nutrients?

I put fencing on the bottom of my run. That seems to do the trick.