Weasel or Mink???

[Silkie Sue]

Anyone know what this little chicken killer is????

the trap is a small rat size trap. for a size reference that is a sardine can in with her.

this little critter killed 14 of my birds on Sunday morning. 5 baby ducks, 2 polish babies , 6 Silkie hens and 1 rooster and critically injured another, who i am happy to report is healing very well.

This one will never kill again....

 

[Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex]

I'm not an expert, but I'd say mink.
I visited a mink farm years ago and I remember them looking like that. You should skin it and WEAR it. If I catch the thing getting my chicks, I'm taking its skin.

 

[aprophet]

the mink I have trapped their noses are not as pointy as what is shown in the last piccy they weigh 3-5 pounds too I doubt they could fit in a hava heart that small google mink then click on the images tab

 

[Silkie Sue]

Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex :

I'm not an expert, but I'd say mink.
I visited a mink farm years ago and I remember them looking like that. You should skin it and WEAR it. If I catch the thing getting my chicks, I'm taking its skin.

i buried the tick infested, stinkin little sonofa.......​

 

[Sachasmom]

What did you bait the trap with? I'm having no luck catching mine, its killed a duckling and a silkie and injured two other ducklings, I used a leg trap when I caught the last one a few years ago but its gotten rusty.

You'd think it would eat the rats, but nope.

Mink and weasels have a different amount of toes, I can't seem to find the referrence online now tho.

Too bad you buried it, I was curious what the bite radius was, since I thought the injuries on the ducks were rather large for it to be a mink.

 

[7L Farm]

Should of baited your trap with it.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

It's a mink. Minks are larger than weasels and weasels have white bellies. Wild males average 2.2 lbs, farm raised can get to 7 lbs.

 

[Sachasmom]

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Me? I did actually, once with the duckling, once with the silkie. Nada. I think mine perfers live bait.

 

[Silkie Sue]

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i put a can of sardines in the trap, i actually split the can with 2 traps.
I had to bury it, that thing stunk somethin awful

 

[Sachasmom]

Wonder if they like sardines in tomato sauce? I have an open stinky one in the fridge!

I think I am having problems because the darn ducklings just make so much "come eat me" noise... Those Runners freak at everything!