Had a couple of field rats show up to steal chicken feed from the hens, so we've gone into no-open-food mode: the hens can eat from the feeder when they're in the henhouse and the door is closed. If the door is open, the feeder is put in a lidded metal can. Also no composting until this is resolved.

Also trimmed all the cover so maybe the owl or fox will do their jobs. We don't want to use poison and harm the predators, so we put out a trap. Got one rat overnight.

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