I have a broody guinea hen and decided to let her set on her nest, even though I knew the nest almost certainly would be raided. Indeed, it was, but my first clue something was raiding the nest was the fact that I was finding broken guinea egg shells 10-15 feet away from the nest. That was interesting - what would carry off the eggs like that?
So we set up the game cam
The nest is under the spruce tree. Here you can see he has an egg in his mouth and is carrying it away to eat it. We have dozens of pictures like this. He apparently came back multiple nights in a row until he had finished all 4+ dozen eggs in the nest. Mama guinea came back each morning to set on the nest again.
I *HOPE* that this is the coon we caught in the trap last night. Just in case it wasn't though, the next trap will be set under the tree, baited with more guinea eggs.
So we set up the game cam
The nest is under the spruce tree. Here you can see he has an egg in his mouth and is carrying it away to eat it. We have dozens of pictures like this. He apparently came back multiple nights in a row until he had finished all 4+ dozen eggs in the nest. Mama guinea came back each morning to set on the nest again.
I *HOPE* that this is the coon we caught in the trap last night. Just in case it wasn't though, the next trap will be set under the tree, baited with more guinea eggs.
