Matt McSpadden

Kaarina Kreus wrote:Yea, chicken coops are a magnet for all kinds of critters 😂.

Very true, but for future readers, I would like to differentiate between the critters that are attracted to the chickens as food, and the critters that are attracted to the chicken food.

For predators who want chicken dinner... I don't think you can prevent the attraction, but you can prevent them from getting in, like Kaarina mentioned.

Then you have things like rats and mice that are attracted to the chicken food. I believe that one can prevent that attraction by not leaving any food out over night, and making sure the chickens are only fed what they can eat, and no more.

My mom has rats in her chicken coop. This happened primarily because she did not listen that she needed a new floor before getting new chickens, and also that she cannot leave food out all night for the chickens.

I have been looking at this one for her. https://goodnature.co/products/a24-starter-trapping-kit

Depending on the type of residue, you could try winnowing. Where you use a fan to blow away the lighter pieces, but the seed falls back down.

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They say the more colorful a salad is, the healthier it is for you.... so I replaced all my croutons with M&M's!

You did say "if money was not a consideration"... so I would tear it up, bring in some good compost, and plant stuff, because that is what you talk about wanting to do. Then, if I change my mind, I cam always spend money to put it back the way it was or something else.

Another option might be somewhere in the middle. Maybe tear up the edges and plant those, but leave the middle? Or tear up the middle to plant, and leave a walk way around?

Worker - There, that is the deepest well we have ever dug!
Foreman - What is with the light at the bottom?
Worker - I don't know, we just followed these plans.
Foreman - *looks at plans* Idiot! You were supposed to build a lighthouse!

Fantastic :)