Jun 20, 2022 · We do live in the country and we also have a pond for a popular rat water supply. We have also tried; 7 gallons of concentrated mint and eucalyptus. Cloves. Power washing through the rat holes and filling them in consistently. Rebuilding the coupe under instructions regarding how to keep rats out.

Jul 14, 2009 · Seriously the rat trap is probably the best idea, provided the ducks cant get to it, the last thing you want is a duck caught in a rat trap. When I was growing up and we developed a rat problem in the horse barn and poultry house, we got a terrier.

Jun 24, 2015 · That'd be my only concern, possible poison transferred to your duck. Ducks are omnivores, so they do eat smaller animals (frogs, lizards, etc) when they get the chance. Totally normal. A little unusual for one to eat a rat, but Muscovies are huge and should be able to handle it. I've seen chickens eat mice before.

Mar 30, 2022 · I found my duck passed away this morning, she was not of laying age. The only wounds were to her back end, where the intestines (I think) were pulled out. She was the only duck killed out of my 9 other ducks. There was blood around the coop, like she was walking around after being attacked. I...

Mar 28, 2009 · My Scovies will go after mice but i don't think they would take on a full size rat. I have 3 Drakes and have never had one of them be aggressive towards anyone, They are actually more mellow than the ducks except to each other. lol I have chickens/ geese and Scovies and they all get along with plenty of space to keep out of each others way, they don't sleep together.

Apr 18, 2016 · We have a rat living under our duck house, we will have babies in about a week. We have tried to deter it as much as possible, cleaning out the nest, spraying with the hose etc. but it is under the dog (duck) house in the duck coop only about 3 inches off the ground. The ducks cannot get under...

Jul 20, 2018 · I also set out a kill trap but hoped the live trap would work. I hot glued dog food onto the kill trap mechanism and was a bit relieved the next morning when the trap was empty. I didn't want to deal with a dead, mangled rat. However, when I went outside I found the rat had eaten the bait, escaped the trap and died about 2 feet away.

Mar 26, 2008 · The bar bait doesn't effect secondary animals, if any other animal eats the death rat, the 3 ft. pipe keeps the chickens for eating the bar bait & rats & mice like to hide in holes. We had a problem with them & stated using this method in each pen & its wipe out our problem. Can also use the pipes in barns so that other animals won't it the poison

May 13, 2010 · Yes! I have one that's moved to the duck pen since i sold the geese. It was stealing the eggs & eating the feed too. There hasn't been eggs missing for a while now so maybe my ducks started getting mean finally. I have also noticed that something is pulling rotten eggs fromt eh compost pile out into the field.

Oct 2, 2017 · The other day I was in the dickens (thats my word for the duck and chicken coop/pen lol) pen There was something gross looking floating in the duck pool .. I scooped it out it was mostly white with black at the neck almost looked slimy but that could be because it was in the pool I bring it over to my boyfriend.. I have it sitting on the rake