Mink / Weasel?Well perhaps someone will know the answer to my question. I came out this morning and found all kind of prints outside the door once again. Well this time no Chickens were missing, thank god! They were small prints, don't look anything like a raccoon, but more like a cats. Well I have cats and these prints had round toes, but these toes are all the same length without any nail marks.
At any rate NO ONE wanted to go back into the coop tonight. I went through it many times checking peeking into every corner, to no avail. The guineas at least 2 are perched up in a tall tree the third may be up there now I hope. The Chickens are in one of my guest soon to be a bar room. We haven't done any remodeling in there and that's the room they were in before they went outside.
As shown in these 2 photos, my chickens NEVER came upon the back porch or even this close. And the second is, after I clod hopped to the door and ruined just about all the prints, the print of my intruder. My boyfriend says it might be a weasel, mink or even one of the feral cats around.
I'm not a print expert, but I would definitely set a trap immediately! If it is mink or weasel, thew will find a way. You may accidentally catch your cats, or you could try a squirrel trap. Bait it with tuna or canned fishy cat food. I use have-a-heart traps. "Welcome to the Hotel California.
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