Predator eating eggs

[brianpatrickpellerin]

Hello,

I'm searching similar posts to determine the culprit and this is what I have:

Duck eggs outside my electrified poultry fence with a 3cm in diameter hole in the shell and all the contents removed.

I suspect a rat, weasel, mink or raccoon. We don't have opossums in Nova Scotia so I set a trap with some eggs in it. Thankfully there have been no adult poultry casualties.

I look forward to your advice!

Brian

 

[Nslangton]

Skunk or Coon is my guess.

 

[suezqz_64]

Hole in shell and contents removed without crushing the shell sounds more like something with a long beak, a bird maybe? Crow? Raven?

 

[Achickenwrangler#1]

sounds most like a rat/rodent. A mouse will eat eggs but a rat will carry it away to eat/mink or weasle same. Look for droppings

 

[Oregon Blues]

It's crows.

 

[suezqz_64]

Good to know. I have a family of crows living close to my back yard. Now I know what they are crowing about. They can't get into my chick's run because it's covered. I would think nylon netting would be enough to keep them out.