How long will a predator wait for a second attack

[chickenlady2004]

How long does a mink usually wait to come around again after a failed attack attempt (it injured one of my birds) it’s been about 4 days and no sign of the mink anymore, but i’m not sure how long predators usually wait around for.

 

[aart]

No telling....could be today, tomorrow, or hopefully never.
Best bet is to keep your birds confined in a secure enclosure until you trap and kill the mink.

 

[chickenlady2004]

No telling....could be today, tomorrow, or hopefully never.
Best bet is to keep your birds confined in a secure enclosure until you trap and kill the mink.

my ducks are fenced in (i’m always home and they are just out my window, maybe 15 feet away as i like to hear them and see them at all times) but i usually let my chickens free range (and lock them in at night of course) , would i have to stop doing that?

 

[aart]

my ducks are fenced in (i’m always home and they are just out my window, maybe 15 feet away as i like to hear them and see them at all times) but i usually let my chickens free range (and lock them in at night of course) , would i have to stop doing that?

It's your decision to take those risks.
I only know that secure confinement is the only way to make sure nothing gets them.

 

[EireRoo]

Have you a river nearby?

 

[chickenlady2004]

It's your decision to take those risks.
I only know that secure confinement is the only way to make sure nothing gets them.

well yes it’s always good for them to get some outside time as well!

 

[chickenlady2004]

Have you a river nearby?

i have a brook! and i’m right on the ocean as well (i live on a island)

 

[EireRoo]

Mink can move on with floods but set a cage to be safe. I'm having trouble with a mink seems to come back every 2/3 days. They could make a hole that you won't notice and spend days making it bigger until you notice or when it's too late

 

[aart]

well yes it’s always good for them to get some outside time as well!

"Secure confinement" can be outside....that's what a predator proof run is for.

 

[lagrange chicks]

A mink will have a hard time catching a free ranged chicken, if it did get 1 that would be it most likely. The worst attack comes at night when the chickens are at roost and confined to a closed up coop, mink has no problem killing them all. Any hole in the coop over a 1" in Dia. should be plugged to keep weasels out and a mink can get in a hole the size of a tennis ball.