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Household Hints & Help

2banon

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5. Yeah, exactly what I was thinking..

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 07:28 PM

Jul 2014

I was so grossed out I didn't study the remains too closely, but at a glance I didn't see any evidence of being pecked to death. I bagged it quickly and put in the trash container.. that's when I noticed the body wasn't stiff yet. After disposing it, I tried to figure out how this happened.. Like you said, one would think the rat would escape quite quickly from any attack from the hens. so that's not likely. baffled.

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This is weird. I Found a Dead Rat in the Chicken Coop. How did that happen? [View all] 2banon Jul 2014 OP

Haven't seen that exactly, but... NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #1

Thanks. That kind of worries me.. 2banon Jul 2014 #2

I wondered about poison. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #3

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking.. 2banon Jul 2014 #5

Close by neighbor set out rat poison? They don't kill immediately, so it might be possible hlthe2b Jul 2014 #4

You probably have the right answer.. 2banon Jul 2014 #6

A friend of mine has chickens that just roam loose during the day JoeyT Jul 2014 #7

Not a huge rat. I'd say it was about 8 or 9 inches long, roughly. 2banon Jul 2014 #8

Me too sort of aswanson Feb 2016 #9