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Larsen Poultry Ranch
Herd Master
Shipping container was moved yesterday. It had to be empty or the company wouldn't move it. When we emptied it out we found a gap varying between 1-3 inches wide for several feet in the floor board. No wonder the furry jerks were getting in.
I was at work when it was moved but my boyfriend was there and said at least 6 rats went running from underneath the container when it was lifted onto the truck. Placement at my folks house was almost exactly where I wanted it, there is room on one side to set the rabbit hutch against the container. They are supposed to be moved today.
When I did the night check on the rabbits last night there was a rodent hiding along the framing. It scurried off before I could find something to whack it with but I tracked where it had gone, and then I went and grabbed the traps. I set them up so the rodents would have to walk past/over the traps to exit their hiding spot. This morning there were two rats caught by the traps. I'm hoping for a repeat tonight but I would settle for no rodents on the property at all. Current tally is 17 snap trap 3 rolling log.
Trap placement:
I was at work when it was moved but my boyfriend was there and said at least 6 rats went running from underneath the container when it was lifted onto the truck. Placement at my folks house was almost exactly where I wanted it, there is room on one side to set the rabbit hutch against the container. They are supposed to be moved today.
When I did the night check on the rabbits last night there was a rodent hiding along the framing. It scurried off before I could find something to whack it with but I tracked where it had gone, and then I went and grabbed the traps. I set them up so the rodents would have to walk past/over the traps to exit their hiding spot. This morning there were two rats caught by the traps. I'm hoping for a repeat tonight but I would settle for no rodents on the property at all. Current tally is 17 snap trap 3 rolling log.
Trap placement: