Whats getting my ducks !!

[Miss Lydia]

So what ever is getting in is climbing in? I went back to the beginning of your thread and don’t see what your pen fencing is?

 

[416bigbore]

Pictures are a huge plus in trying to figure some of these issues out. What one person may miss, someone else will see it and post.

 

[Lissacb126]

So what ever is getting in is climbing in? I went back to the beginning of your thread and don’t see what your pen fencing is?

I didn't post picture of the pen, but its completely covered with chicken wire and a think green fencing. ( like the kind you use around a garden) wood on the bottom half

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Thank you i will do that. I live in Allenton Michigan.

i live in michigan too, i didn’t see it but one of my ducks got killed. my dad said it ripped part of her open but didn’t eat her. we believe it was a raccoon. maybe same thing?

 

[Lissacb126]

Pictures are a huge plus in trying to figure some of these issues out. What one person may miss, someone else will see it and post.

I will post a picture when I get back home.

 

[Lissacb126]

i live in michigan too, i didn’t see it but one of my ducks got killed. my dad said it ripped part of her open but didn’t eat her. we believe it was a raccoon. maybe same thing?

As heartbreaking as this is, im hoping it is a raccoon and not a drake. Ill move them tonight and set a live trap. Wait to see what in it.

 

[416bigbore]

Sorry to hear of your loss. If you are having poultry being killed and opened up by a predator?
1. Could be one of your other Poultry going rogue, but not likely.
2. Weasels and Mink are two predators that are small and can squeeze into very small holes to get at a mouse. Also known to go after poultry if the opportunity is available.
3. Snake? may bite a poultry and kill it but won't feast on it and leave. A Python of some sort will want to swallow the bird whole over feasting on it.
My guess and I could be wrong. Weasel or Mink if you are not finding a big enough hole for a Raccoon or something else of that size to fit through.
Some type of a trail camera could be a big help if this continues and you can not figure it out? Good Luck and please keep us posted.

 

[DuckyDonna]

I guarantee its not a drake that did that! Where you are most likely has minks, ferrets, and creatures like that correct? I would bet one of them got in there and they are horrid vicious things. Chicken wire does absolutely nothing but keeps ducks "inside" the enclosure. Just about anything can rip that off and small things like minks can just squeeze through the holes. You are going to need to invest in some hardware cloth, at least 1/2" and secure your run and pen.

I'm so sorry this has happened to your ducks but now you've learned. You've got to predator-proof this area for real.

 

[Lissacb126]

As heartbreaking as this is, im hoping it is a raccoon and not a drake. Ill move them tonight and set a live trap. Wait to see what in it.

Update..it was a raccoon. He's gone now, I set another trap because I seen something was trying to dig him out of the trap. Ill check that when I get home