What kind of trap is best for a weasel? I went in the coop this morning and discovered my black Australorp dead. I strongly suspect a weasel. There were no obvious wounds. She was perfectly fine last night. There appeared to be a wet spoton the floor under her neck. I think that she bled there, and the little jerk licked the blood up. The traps that they sell at TSC have 1 inch openings in the wire. Is that small enough to keep a weasel from escaping? There are weasels, ferrets and minks in our area. I don't think that a mink or ferret could have gotten in, but a small weasel probably could have. I am going to try to find a trap. If I don't have a trap by tonight, I'm going to put my 2 best barn cats in there. The coop is divided into two separate coops to keep the roosters apart. I'll put a cat on each side. One of these cats has killed a mink in the past so I know that she is up to the the task.
