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class=3D"Apple-con --967773369-436287165-1362688768=:25502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --- On Thu, 3/7/13, duartess@ns.sympatico.ca <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> wro= te: 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 --967773369-436287165-1362688768=:25502 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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 ra= ising.</div><div>Paul<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 3/7/13, duartess@ns.sympatico.c= a <i><duartess@ns.sympatico.ca></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 <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca>= <br>Subject: [NatureNS] ? Predator That Would Kill Many Chickens/Ducks<br>T= o: "Naturelist" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><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> --967773369-436287165-1362688768=:25502--
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