We are experiencing a big of a rat issue. Noticing tunneling into the coop. Rats have a bit of a symbiotic relationship. They come out at night (chickens are in bed) eat the food and head out. But being well fed, they also reproduce. A LOT.
We bought 4 of these tunnel snap traps. Over the course of 2 week, Drew and I killed and cleaned 12 this way.
Then we brought in the big guns - this is the ratinator. Its like a lobster trap. We put it out for 2 days with the doors open. Then we SHUT them. Rats can get in, not out. Managed to get 4 all at once with this gem. Only problem is, they are alive. This is where farmer Chris needs to step in. He was in charge of...... drowning the rats....... Challenge is, everything is frozen. Last thing we need is a frozen Chris trying to drown some rats.
This ends up being a pretty epic Leadbetter story, but the net net is, there were 4 drown rats deposited in the trash before the trash guy came that morning. I got to see a bit of it out the basement window as the container it came in made for a pretty handy place to fill up water.......
Done for now... Thank you Chris!
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