We think it's a mink...now what!?

[farnorth]

Apparently mink will take dead bait and do carry off some of their victims.

 

[Rocky64]

Yeah it sure is anticlimactic that the mink took the bait.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Good for you.

Be careful of the singular word "THE" when referring to a predator.

What I mean is, continue to set the trap.
Predators don't appear in a vacuum. They have friends and relatives.

This is a good time of year for getting the pelt from a mink, it's when they're most plush and valuable.

 

[silkielover88]

Yep! We're planning on keeping traps set

 

[silkielover88]

. Minkey minkey!

 

[enola]

Yahoooooo!!

 

[Toons]

Um... that I think is a fisher:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yeah, mink are tiny. Shorter but a bit thicker than least weasels.

Here's an adult mink with the last 2 birds it killed. I had lost about 45 by that time. But it's relatives weren't finished attacking

A fisher or marten can carry off chickens.

 

[silkielover88]

It's a mink, it stinks like a mink and is actually a lot smaller than it appears in the pic, we still have it alive, for some reason the BF hasn't killed it yet....

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Lots of animals stink.
What is the length? If the body alone is more than 18" for a male or 15" for a female, it isn't a mink.