How to eliminate rat problems near the layer cage

How to eliminate the problem of rats in the vicinity? In addition to preventing the occurrence of poultry diseases in breeding, it is also necessary to prevent rodents. In order to better ensure that the growth of laying hens is greater than the situation, how to easily solve the problem of rodents?

A common misconception about chickens is that they attract rodents, but the fact is that rodents are attracted to food and water, not chickens. Rodent damage is a nuisance and a hazard to broiler cages for raising and flocking, and controlling them requires a multi-faceted approach.

 

Rats eat chicken feed to eat eggs and chickens (rats) contaminated feed, drinking water, chicken house droppings, urine, hair, parasites are operators' scorpions, fleas and mites, can transmit 50 estimated possible diseases, Rather than the most important of these is Salmonella (rat fleas responsible for the estimated 100,000 deaths in the Great Plague in London in 1665) by chewing, they will damage the code in the underground, and the broiler cages and wires will be more susceptible to damage.

 

Rats and so on can also harm chickens (rats chew their toes from the inhabited birds at night), they produce stress, and as a result, the chickens tend to drop in egg production, and some types of small animals that dig holes, may already have a mouse , although there is no other evidence to support this theory.

 

Eliminate food sources, remove or safely cover feeders at night when eliminating rodents near broiler cages. Modify the feed of the feeder to prevent it from coming out. This can be achieved by adding a foundation for the separation or wire mesh feeder.

 

Timely cleaning up spilled feed in broiler cages. If the chicken licks the food from the feeder on the floor, the night predator is active when it is cleaned up before dark. Buy feed pellets instead of crashing because they are more difficult to nibble and easier to clean than licking. Using a pedal feeder, this requires the chicken's weight to stand on the pedal and open it.

 

Doing the above precautions can prevent rodents from happening well. In addition, cleaning and disinfecting in the house can effectively reduce these problems.