Well in the past week we have lost what is left of our laying flock. After four years of having chickens and never having had problems with wild animal predators; a mink has visited and terrorized us. The first night of his visit, he killed four hens. I closed things up better at night and set things up to figure out what was coming in. I figured out it was a mink and started planning on how to deal with him. After almost a week, he returned and found a new way into the coop and finished off the last three birds. I borrowed some traps from a student and planned my revenge. The revenge was successful, and now I am needing to tan a mink hide for a new pipe/tobacco bag. I am also planning out the getting of a few new adult birds from a friend and hope to get some eggs in the mail today from a friend out east that I will be incubating. ARGGHH!!!! Dang, mink!
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