When we had a rat problem we would set ten traps per night and usually catch 2-6 rats every night. Some tips for these traps: Available in varying sizes up to 20 kgs, bell-shaped feeders are some of the most commonly found. They have high sides, are usually segmented to prevent waste, and can easily be hung. They’re also the most economical choice. • Treadle Thanks for this Hannah, we’ve had really bad problems with sparrows in the chook run. We made the new feeder yesterday and the chooks seemed to work it out straight away, smart little birdies. Love your work 😊 Reply

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As with the corks, use a drill bit that matches the diameter of the shaft so there is room for it to enter the wood yet allow the threads to bite into the wood. Screw the hook into place. Step 7 When we were dealing with rats we read over and over that rats only go after cooked food in the compost. This is not true, if they’re hungry, they’ll eat anything in there that’s edible. Put every bit of food scraps into the steel bins or you’ll be feeding the rats. I am so impressed with the Grandpa’s Feeder. The amount of feed I save is enormous. I have two separate locations for my hens on my property and they are about 500m apart. One house has a Grandpa’s Feeder that feeds 6 hens, 6 bantams, and 4-6 pheasants, yes the pheasants have learnt to open the feeder. At the other hen house, I feed 6 hens twice a day in an open feed trough. It’s obvious that the saving in feed is huge.Let me start by saying this is incredibly hard to do. When it comes to rats, if there’s a will there’s a way. Great question. We ended up switching to pellets (crushed grain) as the chook’s were only eating their favourite grain and leaving the rest on the ground for birds. This doesn’t happen when you use one type of “thing”. Choose the grain/pellet size that suits how big you’ve made the hole at the bottom of the feeder – might take some experimenting! Reply Now, if you’re like us, and your lazy good-for-nothing cat would rather play with rats than hunt them, move onto the next step. Set traps But gangs of sparrows do raid the feeder’s open saucer now and then. And though we hadn’t had signs of rodents, I was sure some would show up for the grainy buffet eventually. Coming up with a new and improved vermin-proof feeder was on my to-do list. Weighing the Options

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Rats are creatures of the night. If you’re seeing them during the day, you have a major problem. Either you’re looking at an infestation or they’re starving and so desperate for food they’ll do anything to get it. And don’t worry about the chooks working it out. They’re very clever when it comes to food, and will have orientated themselves to it within one day.Het heeft een grote capaciteit van 4LTS / 8LBS en is geschikt voor het voeren van alle kippenrassen Side guards will stop the other chooks from side feeding. This will help prevent injury to your chooks.

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Hmm I wonder if you could attach a string to the eye bolt and run it through the top to be able to shut it tight when you are home. Maybe a couple weeks of that and opossum would give up. Then when it was left ‘open’ he wouldn’t be around. Reply For years I said that a large feeder wouldn’t be feasible but a way was found and several hundred were produced and are now available. I have been looking for a rat/mouse proof feeder for quite some time, and I was delighted when I found this in YouTube. They are known to be carriers of a number of horrific things such as fleas, mites, plague, salmonella, hantavirus and hemorrhagic fever. And we simply didn’t have the time until last Thanksgiving. I had taken a feeder home with the idea that over the holiday I’d stare at the dang thing till I came up with a workable idea for a soft close feature. The idea of using a cabinet door soft close cylinder came to mind and it works very well, perfect size and action, easy to find replacement cylinders almost anywhere online or in hardware stores, and it was adjustable.

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Again, this may result in rats dying in hard to reach places. But it does eliminate the possibility of your animals or wildlife getting poisoned if they find and eat the rat. Call a Professional If you can’t get rid of rats on your own, you need more help than I can give you. I’m a big fan of doing things myself, and if you’re reading this, you probably are too. But sometimes you have to throw in the towel and bow down to your new rat overlords.