Using poison is a horrible idea because something will end up eating it. Then whatever ate the mouse/rat will also die from the poison. It's just a cascade effect and not a good one.
Bucket traps work wonders and there are lots of you tube videos on how to make them.
Before you put your girls...
I have black bears where I live. One night I had a momma bear and her babies break into my original coop years ago. The next night they tried again and couldn't get in. Never had another problem with them. They want easy meals and if it takes to much effort they give up.
Where I am if you shoot a dog you have to kill it I do believe. If you shoot to injure it to try to scare it away you could end up with a fine for causing unnecessary suffering to the dog or something like that. Also the dog has to be on your property when you shoot and kill it. Would check to...
For future use of your original coop if you so choose dig a trench around the outside of the coop and nail hardwire mesh to the bottom. Place rock on top of mesh then cover with dirt. I had rats getting in and taking my babies at night. Now no more problems.
I feel your pain. My coop is quite secure against coons and opossums. However I had a mama bear and baby bears get into my coop. I haven't closed them in in over a year and just last Thursday bears got in cause I was so lax and didn't close them in. I had 13 birds I now only have my rooster and...
I just had a mama bear and babies mess with my coop. While mama bear couldn't get in the pop door I had left open the babies sure could. I for sure lost 2 birds to the bears. My rooster and a hen ended up by the road in my front yard. I was out by the coop cleaning up when another hen came out...
I got a goofy broody gold laced wyandotte. Just started laying in February and not even a year old. I hope she doesn't quit mid way. Are broodys this young usually decent moms? I've been sick and not collecting eggs everyday and she took advantage of the situation lol. She has 7 and I marked...
That is a totally rotten thing of him to say/do. I don't understand how someone can treat and do that to another person. I am so sorry. Just don't let it get you down. Be the awesome woman you know you are and show him that the grass isn't always greener on the other side and he has lost out on...