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To: Qiviut

Sorry to read about the predation on your chickens! We have the same problem, with the new addition of fisher cats. They are wicked! And their scream will make your hair stand up. We ended up electrifying the perimeter fence around the chicken pastures. Worked very well. But then last week in the barn a possum got two of the laying hens before we caught him. Darn it.


114 posted on 03/04/2022 4:18:44 AM PST by Cleebie Grums (Bang the drum. . .)
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To: Cleebie Grums

EVERYTHING likes a chicken dinner!! The neighbor, where I just got some eggs, was complaining about ‘coons, ‘possums & of course snakes in the nest box - we’ve had the same predators at various times. They saw a fox in their driveway last week & that’s what got our chickens - I suspect the fox is moving to happier hunting grounds (they have a large flock & let them out to roam during the day). We’ve also seen a bobcat now & again on the trail cam. No “fisher cats” in our area, thank goodness!!


115 posted on 03/04/2022 4:45:19 AM PST by Qiviut (🍊 #standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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To: Cleebie Grums

I had a good idea what fisher cats were, but I looked them up anyway ... yeah, they are “wicked” x 2. Anything ‘weasel’ is tough and males get up to 30 lbs. Then there’s this: “fishers are one of nature’s few porcupine predators.” Chickens predation has got to seem like a walk in the park!

About Fishers
https://www.massaudubon.org/learn/nature-wildlife/mammals/fishers/about


116 posted on 03/04/2022 4:53:06 AM PST by Qiviut (🍊 #standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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