I am down one hen chicken. I set up the live trap two days ago without any bait. Today I went out to get eggs at dark. I only found four eggs and was swearing up a blue streak about egg stealers while I was in the coop. I was trying to figure out which cat was sneaking in and eating MY eggs. On the way out of the chicken yard I shut the outer door of the chicken yard so the chickens will be forced to stay inside the coop yard to lay more eggs where they belong and to keep said egg suckers out of the coop. I happened to look over at my live trap and there were feathers every where! So I ran back in and counted the chickens, one less hen...
The worst part is the live trap was closed and there was no chicken body. We had three kittens killed last week under a piece of equipment. They had their faces chewed off. The opening was only four inches off the ground. Annmarie thinks we may have a weasel. My live trap will not catch a weasel. If it is a weasel, I am going to have a very hard time catching or killing it. This could become a nightmare. Good thing I have the chicken butler or I may have started loosing chickens sooner. I just need to check the live trap every day to make sure no chickens are trapped in it at bedtime.
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