tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461988211718746801.post6058671906394001806..comments2023-07-18T04:44:52.572-03:00Comments on Spring Peeper Farm: Losses...Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10272909221294270344noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461988211718746801.post-8685703902605628042010-08-02T23:00:01.055-03:002010-08-02T23:00:01.055-03:00I know this story only where you have mink insert ...I know this story only where you have mink insert Raccoon... they rip the heads off our chickens in seconds once they get in the pen. Its amazing how many they can kill in just seconds. Oh and yep insert My DH where yours was with gun killing racoons not minks. Dh got two in one night after they had killed 5 of our girls (chickens) in no time at all! This was the second night they had dug in to the pen. First night they got several. We have now raccoon proofed the pen knock on wood. We cannot free range even during the day to many predators. Now we have a concrete base around pen and differnt wire. and a Lock on the door, those darn raccoons hands are like human hands they can open anything with them...<br /><br />Mercy 100 degrees for you guys is hot isn't it. For us ya its hot but we get it every year.<br /><br />We got 14 inches of snow last winter,and had horrible cold winter, worst in 40 yrs for here. I nope never to see a winter like that again! I will take my 106 degrees thank you!Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461988211718746801.post-45945477565865296612010-07-31T23:08:37.220-03:002010-07-31T23:08:37.220-03:00Wow, I didn't know mink were this awful! I ho...Wow, I didn't know mink were this awful! I hope we don't have any more!!!!!! And here I thought our one dead mink was a sad thing! I had no idea they killed chickens for sport. Thanks so much for the warning!<br />~LynnRazzberry Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644607616585345473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461988211718746801.post-54071723102286955702010-07-31T10:10:50.984-03:002010-07-31T10:10:50.984-03:00Of all the rotten luck! I'm glad you hubby was...Of all the rotten luck! I'm glad you hubby was able to put a stop to that mink.Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363876851539226250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461988211718746801.post-50305989894727673312010-07-31T08:20:15.226-03:002010-07-31T08:20:15.226-03:00No, thank goodness they don't travel in packs....No, thank goodness they don't travel in packs. Most mink carry Aleutians disease and I don't know if it would give it to the chickens it killed. Plus we didn't know how long they had been dead for.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272909221294270344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461988211718746801.post-30138613335832178962010-07-30T22:42:31.989-03:002010-07-30T22:42:31.989-03:00You really have had a hard week with animals.
Wher...You really have had a hard week with animals.<br />Where there is one mink there are more? That's a bad deal that it got so many of your hens. Can you use any part of them and put them in the freezer?Aunt Krissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17358159879516857766noreply@blogger.com