very sad day UPDATE- lost even more :o(

[terrilhb]

I am so sorry for all your losses. Sending lots of

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[jerseygirl1]

I'm so sorry for all ofyour losses as well

 

[sens-5]

sorry for your loss also,i went thru the same this week until i trap a weasel so far no more dead chickens

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

It is not too late to set a trap and try and catch the varmit...now with the chickens gone I would use any kind of trap now....hav a heart or otherwise! It will be back.. Good Luck, and sorry for your loss.

 

[mmaddie's mom]

D'Angelo N Va. :

It is not too late to set a trap and try and catch the varmit...now with the chickens gone I would use any kind of trap now....hav a heart or otherwise! It will be back.. Good Luck, and sorry for your loss.

That is the plan! I was unable to take 2 young roos to my friend's because... well,you all know... so I still have them. I will move a large dog crate into the pen (German Shepherd size w/1 in.x1in. wire weave) and this is where the boys will go @ night... then set traps in and around the pen. Hopefully, w/chicken smells and sounds coming from the pen, the varmints will come back and I can get them.

With a little warmer weather I will be able to redo my set-up and maybe get my girls back!

Should I use my dead bodies for bait also? Any additional comments about this plan or a way to make it better will be appreciated.

Thanks all... I am much more encouraged today. One of the survivors is an experienced and very good broody and mother... the rest are all young birds. It's a start anyway.

 

[foxnthehenhouse]

The best thing i have ever used for bait is soft cat food. They can smell that stuff a mile away. Good luck. So sorry for your loss.

Think it has happened to everyone at least once.

 

[noitulover]

So sorry for your loss! I wouldn't just worry about trapping the predator, because even though you may get this particular predator, there will always be more. I would focus on predator proofing your coop. (1/4" hardware cloth covering every bit of the run and all ventilation areas, as well as burying the hardware cloth underground, putting rocks or bricks around the run, and making sure there are no open gaps bigger than a 1/2")

good luck and hope you get your chickens back soon!

 

[Talihofarms]

I second , using canned cat food as a bait. I have used it with excelent results.
Try puttting a small trail under the trap so the vermin can fallow it to the end of the cage.

Once a preditor finds an easy meal, it will be back.

I have traped quite a few preditors, and what I can say with all certainty, is that the only solution with four legged preditors is to send them into the light.

Not trying to sound cruel, but relocation has never been a solution.

Let us know what you catch.






just my.02

 

[mmaddie's mom]

Haven't caught anything in my live trap so am borrowing a friends 3 snap traps. Hopefull will have some results soon!

 

[mmaddie's mom]

Got a number of vicious looking traps from a friend... hopefully will have some dead varmints soon!