Rats and Chicken Coops

The tremendous growth of the backyard chicken movement over the last few years has brought chickens into many rural, suburban and even urban neighborhoods. Not only are families now enjoying healthy fresh eggs, they are also enjoying the experience of being closer to nature than they ever have been before. But, being close to nature sometimes brings some unexpected and unpleasant surprises.

In and around your backyard chicken coop, that unpleasant surprise can come in the form of rats. The open availability of chicken feed often in a covered and protected chicken coop is the perfect reason for rats it move in. If that’s the case in your chicken coop, now it’s time to give them a reason to move out. Want to know how to keep rats away from chicken coops naturally? Animals react instinctively to certain smells like the ones found in our chicken coop defense sprays. It’s basic to their survival in the wild. When they smell a predator, they know they are in danger and the “fight” or “flight” instinct kicks in depending on who the predator is. For rats, if the predator is a coyote, the “flight” instinct is the only viable option.

The concept of using chicken coop defense sprays to repel pest animals from homes, barns, garages, sheds, etc. was first pioneered by PredatorPee® in 1986. We have found that coyote urine is extremely effective in repelling rats. Rats instinctively fear coyotes. They recognize the smell of coyote urine instantly and react immediately. If a rat smell a coyote, it leaves. It knows if it stays, it will likely die.

It is as simple as that. A life or death decision – it is the way of the nature.

CoyotePee chicken coop defense spray from PredatorPee® - putting the way of nature to work for you. See how to keep rats out of chicken coops with coyote urine!