Sorry, I forgot to mention the weasel box in my original post. Please forgive my pregnant brain :(. I appreciate all the help and still find it informative that weasel boxes work for so many other people. We did have success with one in the winter and I believe it was using a yellow pan trap...
We do have a box with a rat trap in it, but it is still managing to steal the meat off the trap without tripping the trap. It's a sneaky little bugger.
Does anybody have any advice about trapping a weasel? We have lost 5 ducks to it in the last 5 weeks. We have rat traps (one loose and one in a weasel box) and a live trap set and baited with raw chicken every night and in the morning when we go out the trap hasn't been sprung but the bait is...
Hi there,
I'm Ashley from Northern Alberta, Canada and it's my first year with birds! We currently have 7 ducks and are hoping to expand our flock with more ducks, turkeys, geese, and chickens in the coming years.