Chicken Nature or Homicidal Hen?

[Clov3r]

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I agree with both but I also have a pet peeve and a rant.

It is the way in similar threads that the OP (victim of a predator attack) and those that respond refer to the culprit in the singular.
THE creature, THE culprit, THE weasel, THE skunk, THE raccoon, THE fox.
These creatures don't emerge out of a vacuum. They have parents, brothers and sisters, cousins, 2nd cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces. They're out there in the dark, in the brush, on your neighbor's property, on the farm next door. They have large territories and whether you see them or not, you have predators afoot.
If you have one raccoon, one fox, one skunk, one weasel - guess what - you have dozens or even hundreds. They just haven't taken up residence and become predators of your animals YET!

Raccoons don't get a pass here either. Since MO and MN are not part of their historical range, I don't have a problem eliminating them.
Prior to Europeans' arrival, raccoons were confined to river bottoms in the Southeast.

Well... I don't figure I'd have assumed that could be the only weasel living around here. Of course we're still working toward further securing against them. Just the one did an awful lot of damage. I'd like to keep my birds around, thank you.

 

[bobbi-j]

Well... I don't figure I'd have assumed that could be the only weasel living around here. Of course we're still working toward further securing against them. Just the one did an awful lot of damage. I'd like to keep my birds around, thank you.

Oh yeah, it's amazing the amount of damage one little varmint can do in such a short time. They're pretty ferocious little guys.

 

[aart]

Quote: I think CC was addressing mostly other posters.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Well... I don't figure I'd have assumed that could be the only weasel living around here. Of course we're still working toward further securing against them. Just the one did an awful lot of damage. I'd like to keep my birds around, thank you.

I wasn't accusing you of that. I've just seen so many people over the years think there is only one critter out there because they don't see them.

I think CC was addressing mostly other posters.

Exactly.