Dead duck

[Jpat]

Yeah they are known to kill an entire flock for sport. Kill 6 birds and eat 3oz of meat

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64193/7-fierce-facts-about-weasels

 

[Afroggie4u]

Yeah they are known to kill an entire flock for sport. Kill 6 birds and eat 3oz of meat

Hopefully he won't tonight, not much I can do in the dark with chickens sleeping and 17 degrees out

 

[Jpat]

Hopefully he won't tonight, not much I can do in the dark with chickens sleeping and 17 degrees out

Theyd probably share your bed with you

Hopefully its a quiet night!

 

[Afroggie4u]

Theyd probably share your bed with you

Hopefully its a quiet night!

Beat the little bigger with more than a light bulbs next time

 

[Loopeend]

I'm still a bit off about the eyes.

Crows. magpies, mice and rats might eat them.. but weasels/cats; only when they are really hungry. They prefer neck/breast more or some chewing on the head. But not only the eyes. They do not go for the eyes first. Crows and magpies do; but then one has to be sneaky enough.. and be scared away in time otherwise they peck more.. rats and mice tend to start with "outerstuff" more; ends of wings, noses, beaks, paws, etc.

Weasel/fox/cat for the cull sounds right due to neck-ingeries. Then a bird non-predatory omnivorous bird.. a scavanger...

I think your first instincts were right.

 

[Afroggie4u]

I'm still a bit off about the eyes.

Crows. magpies, mice and rats might eat them.. but weasels/cats; only when they are really hungry. They prefer neck/breast more or some chewing on the head. But not only the eyes. They do not go for the eyes first. Crows and magpies do; but then one has to be sneaky enough.. and be scared away in time otherwise they peck more.. rats and mice tend to start with "outerstuff" more; ends of wings, noses, beaks, paws, etc.

Weasel/fox/cat for the cull sounds right due to neck-ingeries. Then a bird non-predatory omnivorous bird.. a scavanger...

I think your first instincts were right.

It got the head and neck but yes also the eyes.

 

[Miss Lydia]

But you saw the weasel grab hold of one of your ducks this evening right? Chickens may have peck the eyes they are cannibals.

 

[Jpat]

exactly. Chickens attack wounds and blood

 

[nuthatched]

use hardware cloth over any cracks, no matter how trivial, raise the roots higher and bait Rattraps with salmon or sardines. good luck with that sneaky bugger