Rats!

Today I went out to the greenhouse to get to work putting buckets of water along the north wall for heat storage. I pulled back the rubber roofing sheet we have on the floor for weed control and heat absorption and found that it had been chewed to bits! So much for using it for roofing ever again! :(

 








 I found the guilty villain still at the scene- a rat! A quick whack dispensed the bugger. 
Nothing ever goes to waste around here, not even a rat! I immediately thought of the chickens. I tossed it in the pen with camera ready. I know how this goes! ;) Chickens LOVE mice! Are these guys big enough to eat a rat? Let's find out! Sure enough, the scene was like watching a school of parana! Zoom! Who needs TV? Chickens are great entertainment! Unfortunately, the rat was just a little too big for anyone to swallow. After a few minutes of squabbling, they all lost interest. The rat went into the compost instead.

As you can see in the video, we had quite a storm last night! Everything is a muddy mess! So, I'll be cleaning mud this afternoon, too. :-/