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    Rats and Mice

    Hello

    Please can anyone advise me on whether mice can be a health problem in the chicken run. Obviously they are coming in for the food but can they contaminate it??

    I have not got a problem with rats, as far as I know, but could anyone tell me also, in the event I do get a probelm there.
    I know rats spread diseases to humans which cna be dangerous but is this also the case for hens.

    By the way, we do have one of those humane traps but they seem to be evading this though they do set it off, which other than tiny footprints in the dust suggests we do have them.
    thanks

    the pumpkin cuddler

    It does not matter what our specific fate is as long as we face it with ultimate abandon.
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    Hi pumpkin cuddler, mice will get eaten by the birds if they catch um but rats are to big , i put rat traps out side the run you will start to see a run into the pen which they use all the time if you puts the trap close to that then you can catch um, and if it s a humane type you can let um go or kill um the choice is yours, hope this helps.
    Mick aka murfe 18

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    • #3
      It's up to yourself - but if you use humane traps, rats, mice and squirrels are classified as vermin and it's illegal to release them.

      From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Alice View Post
        It's up to yourself - but if you use humane traps, rats, mice and squirrels are classified as vermin and it's illegal to release them.
        You could always EAT them like they do in some foreighn clime I was reading about yesterday! Would give squirrel a go but don't fancy rat...........still there's no accounting for taste!
        Last edited by Snadger; 30-08-2008, 09:08 PM.
        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

        Diversify & prosper


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        • #5
          Is a squirrel not a rat with a fluffy tail?~Go on try one!!
          the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

          Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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          • #6
            The main difference between a rat and a squirrel (from the culinary POV) is what they eat (although there is some overlap, but squirrels don't usually feed on rubbish heaps).
            We used a cage-trap for rats, and then a friend who owned a .22 rifle despatched them in the cage (using what he called a 'dust' cartridge, I gather it made the effect similar to a shotgun but with very tiny 'shot' and low power). The remains were given to the cat, to encourage him to catch his own....
            Mice are rarely a serious problem unless numbers get out of hand.
            Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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            • #7
              rats and mice-Snadger

              Hi, can give you a recipe for squirrel fricassee if you want?...alan

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