Weasel Solutions, Please?! (Warning Graphic Images)

[roosterhavoc]

No dog in the weasel vs raccoon fight... Since the weasel is the smaller of these two and could be the actual predator or is certainly a potential predator... if OP is looking for advice on preventing future attacks, would it make the most sense to fence to exclude weasels, since raccoons would also be prevented by such fencing? BTW, we recently set a trap for a bobcat, which we’d seen take a duck. What we caught was a raccoon, which we hadn’t had problems with. I agree that a trap can catch all sorts of potential predators without necessarily getting the most recent predator...

Yes it makes sense to protect them against the smallest and strongest possible predator. That would solve all the issues I definitely agree. It is expensive for some though to set up something with hardware cloth. In that case it would make sense to take every other precaution possible like closing the coop door at night.
While weasels and mink can obviously clean somebody out in a single night they aren’t as common as raccoons and the money would be better spent on stopping the most common predators in the area.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Why are you trying to teach other people what a raccoon kill looks like? You had birds killed not me? You are the one looking for help. I’ve learned how to trap raccoons long before some guy put up a video on YouTube.
You make it extremely difficult to even bother trying to help.
Also that white bird wasn’t a white muff game.

That video wasn't meant just for you. Hey, I know my chickens. She hated being picked up, I have a cuckoo Easter Egger pullet who loves getting picked up, petted, and cuddle. Easter Eggers are friendly, that white pullet isn't that friendly.

 

[MysteryChicken]

That video I posted is just how to build a Weasel Trap that only catches Weasels... its chicken proof and cat proof but a chick could get into it if you have any running around with a broody mama. I prefer a have a heart trap set at night but if you want one set 24/7 that chickens can not get into that video shows how to make them.

Okay, thank you. I don't have any baby chicks anymore. They grew up.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

I'm sorry that you lost some of your hens, and I hope that you don't lose any more.
Your Easter Egger pullet sounds adorable, and I hope that the Copper Maran that you mentioned pulls through.
I can't offer any tips or solutions, but good luck!

 

[roosterhavoc]

That video wasn't meant just for you. Hey, I know my chickens. She hated being picked, I have a cuckoo Easter Egger pullet who loves getting picked up, petted, and cuddle. Easter Eggers are friendly, that white pullet isn't that friendly.

Oh ok. My mistake. Good luck catching the weasel.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'm sorry that you lost some of your hens, and I hope that you don't lose any more.
Your Easter Egger pullet sounds adorable, and I hope that the Copper Maran that you mentioned pulls through.
I can't offer any tips or solutions, but good luck!

Thank you, even though you don't have tips.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Oh ok. My mistake. Good luck catching the weasel.

I can use all the luck I can get.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yes it makes sense to protect them against the smallest and strongest possible predator. That would solve all the issues I definitely agree. It is expensive for some though to set up something with hardware cloth. In that case it would make sense to take every other precaution possible like closing the coop door at night.
While weasels and mink can obviously clean somebody out in a single night they aren’t as common as raccoons and the money would be better spent on stopping the most common predators in the area.

The coop is an open coop, meaning: There's no door to be closed. I mentioned that somewhere. My dad's idea, not mine.

 

[MysteryChicken]

We keep all of our chickens at my Grandpa's house, cuz he lives on farmland. He does have a creek that runs through the woods, plus two swamps so, it could be a mink. A larger weasel species. Do you that maybe a possibility? I do find mink tracks up, & down that creek a lot.

 

[roosterhavoc]

The coop is an open coop, meaning: There's no door to be closed. I mentioned that somewhere. My dad's idea, not mine.

Well that was a terrible idea. I’m pretty sure the whole idea of a coop is to give them a safe place to roost at night. You’ll need to block the door every single night then or sooner or later you’ll lose them all. You have absolutely no hope of stopping anything with that set up unless someone is willing to change a few things.