how to get rid of voles?

[Convoy]

Okay voles have moved onto the farm and we are looking for a way to get rid of them on all 92.1 acres. A neighbor to the north has tried poisoning them and trapping - the poisoning did nothing noticeable and with traps he gets 40-60/day but doesn't diminish the population so what else can be done?

[MNBobcat]

This is a good article

[Awnry Abe]

Coyotes, foxes, owls, hawks.

And after the voles are gone, they'll move on to your chickens, lambs, kittens, and mother-in-law's chihuahua. Although the latter is no great loss.

[badlander]

Our solution to our vole problem is our border collie/Jack Russell 14 month old dog. She is pure death to the little varmints and will spend hours in the pasture digging them up and killing them. Any 'ground' dog will do, especially Terriers. I haven't seen her eat too many of them and wonder if they don't have an unpleasant taste but she sure enjoys hunting them.

[Convoy]

Originally Posted by Awnry Abe

Coyotes, foxes, owls, hawks.

And after the voles are gone, they'll move on to your chickens, lambs, kittens, and mother-in-law's chihuahua. Although the latter is no great loss.

Were actually hoping that once we decimate the population prairie dogs (gophers) will move back in since they aren't that destructive other than attracting badgers and are easy to control.

[MullersLaneFarm]

Remove their food source (grubs)

[mrs whodunit]

Chickens took care of the vole problem for us. Went from having a yard that looked like a sieve to a nice hole free yard.

[PrincessFerf]

Our cats and small dogs do a good job around our place; however, we don't have all of the acreage that you have.

I second the comment about terriers, they're awesome at weeding out critters.

[Maura]

When we had chickens we never had voles. Now we have a single cat and he enjoys hunting them.

[arcticow]

Posts with a single crossbar on top for hawks to use as perches AWAY from the buildings... They won't get all the voles, but will keep 'em under control. Trap, trap, trap around buildings, and treat them like a rat infestation... Keep feeds in rodent-proof storage, watch feed spillage, don't feed more than animals will clean up...

[cricket49]

That was the question we asked the guy at the coop. We have been fighting these things for years with no success.

His reply? Move.....

[Tabitha]

Originally Posted by MullersLaneFarm

Remove their food source (grubs)

you are thinking of moles. Voles are vegetarians. They eat roots, we have lost two appletrees to them. They also like to eat on your tubers, ever find gnawed on potatoes at harvest time?

[Terri]

Our terrier does well for us, though the ground has a lot of holes in it from his digging.

The number of terriers to treat 92 acres would be incredible!