We still haven't caught the bugger. We've been moving all the birds to "safer" quarters every night and then moving them back to their pens in the day. My DH has worked himself to death trying to make the houses safer. But I still have birds that are potentially vulnerable. I'm just praying...
Oh THANKS everyone for all your help and advice!
I haven't been able to get on BYC, because we've been working hard and fast to cover all of our pens with poultry wire. Now I find out that we used the WRONG SIZE!!
We think we caught him last night in a Hav-a-Hart trap, but he escaped...
OMG! Thanks soooooo much. This is too much for me. Thankfully these particular pens are fairly simple construction. No place for one to hide on the inside. The problem is we used wire that is quite strong (to keep it from rusting through), but it is 1 1/2" wide by 3" long. That's what...
What do I do now???? Something attacked our Buff Rock roo the other night. We thought it was a small coon. But it came back last night and killed one of my hens. We heard the ruckus and flew out there. It's a weasel!!! In 10 years of having birds, we've battled many things, but never...