[geezer012000]

sorry but in need of some help….
i have rats but i have tried allsorts to stop them the chicks now have a self feeder outside self watering the coop is very clean and tidy have put rat poison down and rat traps everywere with no success. egg removal laying boxes but the little gits keep taking the eggs out of the boxs and eating them i have now run out of idea’s. gary

[joyfull]

How are they getting into you nest boxes? Are your hens in a run or free ranging?.
How long have you had this problem?
There are several ways of minimising rats, good husbandry, fen traps, poisons, electricution traps, sticky sheets and so on. You will never be rat free as they say we are always no more than 10 feet away from a rat.
Are you sure it's the rats eating the eggs, hens can do it as can magpies etc.

Oh hello by the way. Why not take a little visit to the welcome forum and introduce yourself properly