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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0063_01CE1B39.8E1FFD30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I repeat, classic weasel (or mink). Especially since a weasel was = spotted recently, they kill primarily for blood hence the high body = count and apparent lack of damage. Check for bite marks about the head = and neck. From: Dusan Soudek=20 Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 12:29 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] ? Predator That Would Kill Many Chickens/Ducks Could a fisher be a possibility? Any tracks around?=20 Dusan Soudek=20 ---------- Original Message ----------=20 From: Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com>=20 To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20 Date: March 7, 2013 at 12:03 PM=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] ? Predator That Would Kill Many Chickens/Ducks=20 Raccoons are very hungry this time of year, but I don't see why they or = anything would take so much in one night I'm intrigued.. I would = definitely hook up a trail cam there for this evening. =20 Randy=20 _________________________________=20 RF Lauff=20 Way in the boonies of=20 Antigonish County, NS.=20 On 7 March 2013 11:47, <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:=20 My friend who has (had) a flock of 18 chickens (but included 4 ducks) = went in her chicken coup this morning and what she found was very = gruesome, indeed; all but 4 were dead or nearly dead. She had seen a = weasel on her back deck several weeks ago.=20 Could a weasel do so much damage to that many birds in just one night? = The coup is some ways from the house. Nobody in the family heard any = kind of kerfuffel.=20 Thank you for any thoughts as to what kind of predator could do so = much damage overnight.=20 Gayle MacLean=20 Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_0063_01CE1B39.8E1FFD30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>I repeat, classic weasel (or mink). Especially since a weasel = was=20 spotted recently, they kill primarily for blood hence the high body = count and=20 apparent lack of damage. Check for bite marks about the head and=20 neck.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Dsoudekd@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">Dusan Soudek</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 07, 2013 12:29 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] ? Predator That Would Kill Many=20 Chickens/Ducks</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV>Could a fisher be a possibility? Any tracks around? </DIV> <DIV>Dusan Soudek </DIV> <DIV><BR>---------- Original Message ---------- <BR>From: Randy Lauff=20 <randy.lauff@gmail.com> <BR>To: NatureNS = <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20 <BR>Date: March 7, 2013 at 12:03 PM <BR>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] ? = Predator That=20 Would Kill Many Chickens/Ducks </DIV> <DIV style=3D"POSITION: relative"> <DIV dir=3Dltr>Raccoons are very hungry this time of year, but I don't = see why=20 they or anything would take so much in one night I'm intrigued.. I would = definitely hook up a trail cam there for this evening. =20 <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Randy </DIV></DIV> <DIV class=3Dgmail_extra> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>_________________________________ <BR>RF Lauff <BR>Way in the = boonies of=20 <BR>Antigonish County, NS. </DIV><BR><BR> <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On 7 March 2013 11:47, <SPAN><<A=20 href=3D"mailto:duartess@ns.sympatico.ca"=20 target=3D_blank>duartess@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></SPAN> wrote: <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; = PADDING-LEFT: 1ex">My=20 friend who has (had) a flock of 18 chickens (but included 4 ducks) = went in her=20 chicken coup this morning and what she found was very gruesome, = indeed; all=20 but 4 were dead or nearly dead. She had seen a weasel on her back deck = several=20 weeks ago. <BR>Could a weasel do so much damage to that many birds in = just one=20 night? <BR>The coup is some ways from the house. Nobody in the family = heard=20 any kind of kerfuffel. <BR><BR>Thank you for any thoughts as to what = kind of=20 predator could do so much damage overnight. <BR><BR>Gayle MacLean=20 <BR>Dartmouth = </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0063_01CE1B39.8E1FFD30--
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