When I designed my large 16ft by 8ft (twin 8ft x 8ft with a shared middle wall) for deep bedding and lots of ventilation I thought I had the rat problem solved with having the coops clad with tin. Well... bad news. only one of the coops is rat proof. One I had to clad three 4x4's with tin corners to make it impossible for the rats to climb. The final building corners are going on this coming Monday. The other 8ft x 12ft coop is mostly rat proof but it has a 4ft by 8ft storage area which they've gotten into and then chewed thru the 1/4 inch ply into the coop. I am planning on cladding the inside of the storage area with tin to rat proof. Wondering is there is anything else I can do? Also best way to clean up the mess they leave to make it less toxic for chickens... does anyone know?

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I can’t believe it but I found this beauty today at a thrift store and wheeled and dealed him right into my arms!!! This is going to be my only roo! I have a feeling he’s going to be very quiet 🤣 Now, to just come up with a name that suits him….

I've seen some very cool names and thought it would be good see what we have here. Here's a couple we have had over the years... - Large Marge (our brahma) - Lil Peep - Cluck Norris - Blackie Chan - Lewis and Clark (2 of them that always explored far away)