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<\/a>Little Mouse on April 26th<\/p><\/div>\n
This was before I had my current camera as a birthday present from my husband in May. I could probably have got a much better photo with this camera. I wasn’t able to zoom with my old camera so this was fairly close.<\/p>\n
I saw Little Mouse escape through the weld mesh so there is no way of keeping it out of the chicken run. As summer progressed we stopped seeing it.<\/p>\n
About a week ago I became aware that it was coming back in the chicken run. I am of course just assuming it’s the same one, it may not be, but I like to imagine that it is. I haven’t seen it but when I moved one of the little coop nest boxes to sweep underneath there were six to eight tiny mouse droppings and some crumbs from chicken pellets.<\/p>\n
I have been moving the little coop nest boxes every morning and sweeping away what is there and each time it’s been the same. There are always between six to eight droppings so I think it’s just a single mouse because there is such a small amount of evidence. One morning there was also a cherry stone so it seems it is bringing it’s own take away in too.<\/p>\n
At the moment I am just going to leave it because as long as it remains at just one and the droppings are under the coop, away from the chickens, I think it’s not doing much harm. I am reluctant to put bait down and kill one little field mouse that may have been visiting all year.<\/p>\n
As the days get shorter I will eventually take the food dish in at night and then there will be nothing for it to come in for. As long as we don’t suddenly end up with many mice I think it’s okay to just leave Little Mouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some of you may remember that I did a post about Little Mouse in the spring. We had been seeing a little field mouse in the garden and on the veg plot. I then started seeing it in the chicken … Continue reading