[NatureNS] ? Predator That Would Kill Many Chickens/Ducks

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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 12:39:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
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Classic weasel GayleHard to keep them out also. They will go through a smal=
l hole.I saw it once a long time ago. They killed every bird in that flock.=
There wouldn't=A0be any rats around though if there is a weasel in residenc=
e.One of the perils of chicken =A0raising.Paul

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From: duartess@ns.sympatico.ca <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca>
Subject: [NatureNS] ? Predator That Would Kill Many Chickens/Ducks
To: "Naturelist" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Received: Thursday, March 7, 2013, 7:47 AM

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, inde=
ed; all but 4 were dead or nearly dead. She had seen a weasel on her back d=
eck several weeks ago.=20
Could a weasel do so much damage to that many birds in just one night?=20
The coup is some ways from the house. Nobody in the family heard any kind o=
f kerfuffel.

Thank you for any thoughts as to what kind of predator could do so much dam=
age overnight.

Gayle MacLean
Dartmouth

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<table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"=
top" style=3D"font: inherit;">Classic weasel Gayle<div>Hard to keep them ou=
t also. They will go through a small hole.</div><div>I saw it once a long t=
ime ago. They killed every bird in that flock.</div><div>There wouldn't&nbs=
p;<span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">be any rats around though if there is a =
weasel in residence.</span></div><div>One of the perils of chicken &nbsp;ra=
ising.</div><div>Paul<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 3/7/13, duartess@ns.sympatico.c=
a <i>&lt;duartess@ns.sympatico.ca&gt;</i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style=
=3D"border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left=
: 5px;"><br>From: duartess@ns.sympatico.ca &lt;duartess@ns.sympatico.ca&gt;=
<br>Subject: [NatureNS] ? Predator That Would Kill Many Chickens/Ducks<br>T=
o: "Naturelist" &lt;naturens@chebucto.ns.ca&gt;<br>Received: Thursday, Marc=
h 7, 2013, 7:47 AM<br><br><div class=3D"plainMail">My friend who has (had) =
a flock of
 18 chickens (but included 4 ducks) went in her chicken coup this morning a=
nd 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. <br>Could a=
 weasel do so much damage to that many birds in just one night? <br>The cou=
p is some ways from the house. Nobody in the family heard any kind of kerfu=
ffel.<br><br>Thank you for any thoughts as to what kind of predator could d=
o so much damage overnight.<br><br>Gayle MacLean<br>Dartmouth<br></div></bl=
ockquote></div></td></tr></table>
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