Monday, July 22, 2013

Re: [CHICKENS-101] Rats!

 

<<So we have had a few rats invade our property and have baited and caught them and gotten rid of them, but what are some tips I should be aware of to not attract any back?
The feed is hanging from the coop roof and no other foods are available, so I am curious why they are coming around?>>
 
Could be something growing in the vicinity that they like--or something a neighbor has.  If it were more toward autumn, I'd guess they were looking for shelter for the winter.
 
I hope when you say you "got rid" of them, that you killed them rather than releasing them elsewhere.  Someone did that here some years ago--we had a terrible time, the rats even gnawed the horses' hooves until they bled.  We went through dozens of boxes of D-Con (fortunately we didn't have the chickens then) as well as snap-trapping many more (ditto).
 
Rhonda

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