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I’ve never seen rats around our property, but I’m pretty sure the website says it works.

Gotcha! I keep the feeders in the run. My girls can’t free range because we are on a 150+ acre hardwood timber farm and have aaaaaaaallllllll the predators you could imagine and then some. 🦉🦅🐍🐕🐈‍⬛🦝🦨🐾

Hi @tacosta1009, the baby locks like you’d use on kitchen cabinets worked until I could fortify the run. Now only the smallest possums can get through the 2” by 4” fencing. Did you figure out how the coons are getting in at night? Post some pics of your set up and I’m sure you’ll get some...

The coop is impregnable - hardware cloth over every hole and under the floorboards. The run is not... yet. The hardware cloth goes up tomorrow!

The baby locks worked! However, the big, bad, boy bent the side panel! Doesn’t really matter to the operation of the feeder, thank goodness.

:pop Okay! Went to Walmart and got some cabinet door baby locks. We will see tonight if those wily coons can figure out how to open the feeder!

https://www.grandpasfeeders.com/ It’s a treadle feeder.

Love the ratcheting tie downs idea! I was thinking about trying a bungee cord. Hubby suggested drilling two holes below the level of the training holes to keep the lid from lifting. Then, every evening, I can just run a hanger through the holes to keep the coons from lifting the lid. I'm...

I love my new feeders... and so do the raccoons. Have any of you guys devised a way to lock up the feeders at night so the vermin, I mean “neighbors” can’t get into the chickens’ breakfast? I’ve tried weighing down the top, but they just shove the rock off and dig right in. Im getting some...