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Can anyone give me suggestions on how to deal with a rat problem in and around the coop..Thanks
hi you can get a bait box and hide it ethier around the outside of the run or well hiden within the run where the birds cant get to it , i had a rat prob a few summers ago and i saw the rat a few times so against my wishes { cant kill anything } and with mum driving me up the wall over it i got a bait box and hid it under a load of pallets where the girls cant get to an although i have never checked it i havent had a rat prob since during the past summer i took down one of my houses to re use as a hay shed at the stables and there was no evidence of rats being under it just one hek pf a lot of spiders 
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but you do have to be very carefull with other pets while using these like cats or dogs etc .
.but you do have to be very carefull with other pets while using these like cats or dogs etc .
Blue
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sadly, thats one of the down sides of keeping hens & livestock.
we have 4 cats & still get rats...
poison is the way to go IF you can keep it away from all other animals (pets and wildlife)
good luck
we have 4 cats & still get rats...
poison is the way to go IF you can keep it away from all other animals (pets and wildlife)
good luck
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I have had a few rats in whilst the weather is cold they have become alot more active. I use the blue bait blocks (neosorexa?) they have a hole in the bait blocks which I put wire through and attach in the middle of a drain pipe, the rats eat it but can not drag it away.
The old saying is very tru "where you have feathers you get fur"
The old saying is very tru "where you have feathers you get fur"
