Chickens will kill rats, which are attracted to their eggs, though to be fair I think only in cases when they have no other food. Otherwise why risk a fight wit

Chickens will kill rats, which are attracted to their eggs, though to be fair I think only in cases when they have no other food. Otherwise why risk a fight with the mini dinosaurs. Free eggs are nice but you'll have to clean after them, and they're pretty messy (probably not an issue when you only have like 5 hens). You'll probably want to get rid of any roosters unless you want violence in the coop and eggs with some, uh, extra protein.