03-12-2012, 09:50 PM
WE had 30,000 broiler chickens from chicks and a rat never killed a chicken. Weasels and neighbor's cats and dogs did.
Weasels will sneak through a rat hole.
So will martens and they both love eggs.
Weasels will kill one chicken a night and come back night after night until they are all gone.
They also drag it off, so you'll be missing a few before you notice unless you do a head count every night.
Rats came for the grain and they stuck to the grain room avoiding the chickens altogether.
As long as there was a bag they could chew into they stayed away from the feeders.
Rats will be attracted to the dog and cat food and water you put out for your pets and the trash you leave in bags.
Weasels will sneak through a rat hole.
So will martens and they both love eggs.
Weasels will kill one chicken a night and come back night after night until they are all gone.
They also drag it off, so you'll be missing a few before you notice unless you do a head count every night.
Rats came for the grain and they stuck to the grain room avoiding the chickens altogether.
As long as there was a bag they could chew into they stayed away from the feeders.
Rats will be attracted to the dog and cat food and water you put out for your pets and the trash you leave in bags.