bvill01
In the Brooder
- Mar 25, 2017
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I'm starting to notice mice in the coop what's the best way to get rid of them ? Not sure if used poison it would hurt my chickens
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I have been very successful using victor electric mice traps. It takes 4 batteries that last a long time. I place the trap in the run at night after the chickens go to roost and take it out in the morning before they come out. I have gotten more than one mouse in the same trap.
Tamper proof bait boxes with chunx bait. Don't use pellet poison, it can get strewn about and be eaten by your birds. I keep a bait box right in the run at all times. Tractor Supply sells the tamper proof boxes and has 4 lbs pails of chunx style poison. It lasts a long time. You'll go through half a pail getting rid of the population you currently have grown around you but after that you barely use any except spring and fall when rodents are on the move. Basically you check the box and hardly any is used for months on end then bang! It's empty. That's what happens spring and fall.
Do you know if either of these is good enough to keep chicks from entering? ThanksI have been very successful using victor electric mice traps. It takes 4 batteries that last a long time. I place the trap in the run at night after the chickens go to roost and take it out in the morning before they come out. I have gotten more than one mouse in the same trap.
Do you know if either of these is good enough to keep chicks from entering? Thanks