Your job is to gather all the information on each method and then make a judgement for yourself as to which would best suit you, your family, your situation and your chickens.ĩ. Not everyone will be comfortable using the same methods. Some I have used personally, others I have discussed with rodent control officers in the UK, all of them I have carefully researched.ĭifferent procedures will suit different situations and different people. I'm simply outlining the most common methods of rodent extermination and assessing them. I'm neither advocating nor opposing any of these methods, with one exception. The question then is: how? Options for getting rid of rats. As soon as you see any evidence, take action! It's not pleasant, but it must be done. It proved incredibly hard to deal with.ĭon't leave it. I was so sure I could never have a rodent problem, so convinced it was just one little weeny mouse who just needed a bit of warmth in the winter.īy the time I accepted I had rats in my coop there was an infestation of three separate nests with dozens of rats.Īnd rats breed - quickly. It's tempting to see evidence and think "it's only a little field mouse, what harm can he do?"
And telling the difference between rats and mice is not always easy. Having rats in the chicken house is something no-one wants to see. My aim? To help you decide which one is best for your circumstances if you find yourself in the awful position of having rodents. This article covers the ten most common methods, my personal experience of some of them, evidenced research about the effectiveness of all ten, and the pros and cons of each.
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