Mongoose and chickens

[Rob Tucker]

The wire skirting was of no use for me. I discovered that the mongoose can chew through chicken wire. So I put in quarter inch rat wire. Then I discovered that the mongoose can climb. At that point the chickens reached an age/size where they were no longer bothered so I opened the gate and let them roam. They nest and roost at the chicken coop but the mongoose are still stealing eggs. Lots of eggs. My roosting boxes are four feet off the ground. The chickens fly up. The mongoose levitate it seems. The only thing I have found that works with mongoose is to catch them and kill them. Not a joyful moment.