War has been Declared (Graphic Pictures)

[Chookwagn]

I'm so sorry @Chookwagn - how awful to lose your birds (and your gorgeous rooster - you must've been gutted).

We have lost one bantam to a stoat that thankfully must've been just passing through as we haven't had anything touch the chickens since and we've caught nothing in any of our traps.

I did catch a feral cat wandering up the driveway the other day. I grabbed the dog and we took off after it. The dog was clueless as to why we were running down the drive, but she's always up for a bit of fun (she's so good with all our animals and would never chase anything), and hopefully she's enough of a deterrent to keep that mangy looking feline away.

I sure hope you've caught all there is to catch. They are nasty things.

Thanks @JaeG

its a bit of a bummer but not a lot I can do now.... apart from leave traps set

 

[Chookwagn]

Full of spit and vinegar. Yeesh.

Yep! nasty!

I wish the video would upload

 

[ChookieG]

It was screeching at me when ever I even got close to the cage........... it didnt make any noise at all when it went for its swim.

It was charging the cage trying to get my hands

It's no wonder they use them as rat hunters! Wonder whether Arnie ever got bitten when he was in Kindergarten Cop.. he'll sure to say: "I won't be bak for more". OK sorry lame joke.

 

[JaeG]

Yep! nasty!

I wish the video would upload

Rats are scary enough when caught in a live trap - I can only imagine how nasty those buggers are.

 

[Chookwagn]

It's no wonder they use them as rat hunters! Wonder whether Arnie ever got bitten when he was in Kindergarten Cop.. he'll sure to say: "I won't be bak for more".

Yep or rabbit hunters cos they can go straight down a burrow

 

[ChookieG]

Rats are scary enough when caught in a live trap - I can only imagine how nasty those buggers are.

All the more glad my cat kills 'em!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Nobody has touched on the fact that they are invasive where Chook lives? That alone means you cannot release them. Period.

Clearly, somebody did.

 

[ChookieG]

Clearly, somebody did.

Like feral cats, rabbits, and foxes in Australia. We should really start to eat more of them. But no you're not getting my kitty!

 

[Chookwagn]

someone kindly brought ferrets to this country to help control the rabbit population

Clearly, somebody did.

 

[ChookieG]

someone kindly brought ferrets to this country to help control the rabbit population

That's just so bloody stupid!

It's like the idiots who brought cane toads into Australia to get rid of sugar cane beetles. Like that really worked out well.