dolphin Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 hi guys a farm i shoot on has been losing lambs lost two more last night so i have just got back after searching for over three hours checked every set i know of with no success also done the next door farm yesterday with no signs again but on the way back tonight i came across a lamb carcass turned inside out looked like it was killed last night does anyone have any ideas on what killed this lamb when i used to feed gutted rabbits to my dogs they would also eat them and turn the skin inside out but dont no whats doing this anyone else seen this atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbiter Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 quite possibly a badger mate... DAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted May 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Cheers Daz, was thinking that but wasn't sure atb Dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 At this time of year you will quite often find the cubs in a rabbit warren, they will not necessarily be in fox holes. I would doubt that it was a badger that killed it, fox could have killed it then left it to collect later and it has been ate by crows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 Could have been a dog. I've seen plenty of strayed dog's killing sheep and lamb's. Although could have been a fox or even a badger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskdale hawks Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 At this time of year you will quite often find the cubs in a rabbit warren, they will not necessarily be in fox holes. I would doubt that it was a badger that killed it, fox could have killed it then left it to collect later and it has been ate by crows. Why do you doubt the lamb being killed by a Badger? They can and do take lambs! In fact I suspect that they are responsable for alot of lamb deaths that are attributed to Foxes, But I may be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 I have no doubt that if given the chance a badger will eat a lamb. But I think that badgers are more apt to dig about for worms etc than kill lambs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 I don't know, here we have pigs and cats that will kill lambs so I'm sure that other animals will as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskdale hawks Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 I have no doubt that if given the chance a badger will eat a lamb. But I think that badgers are more apt to dig about for worms etc than kill lambs. That is where you are wrong, Badgers are omnivors, they will eat anything that is edible and that includes meat. They haven't got canine teeth for nothing? At this time of year I have known several lambs to be killed in a single night from a single field. The presence of two large sets on the land and remains of lambs found at the sets suggests that old brock, pig, billy badger.... whatever you want to call him locally was the culprit. There were no signs of fox, charlie, raynard, red dog.... at any of the sets. Several Foxes were accounted for on the farm and the adjacent land but the lamb killing continued. Over the years there have been countless eye witness reports of badgers taking lambs and also if I remember rightly film footage of them doing it as well. Wildlife is full of surprises. All you have to be is observant. Weasles kill and over power Rabbits, an animal that is many times larger and heavier than themselves and incidentally they are the only predator that will activly persue the mole into its tunnels. Kestrels taking full grown rats and even pheasant poults as was observed just last year. Shy they maybe but Badgers are not as 'cute & cuddly' as they look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbiter Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 that is all vry true eskdale hawks,and im sticking to badger,ive actually seen a badger attack a lamb,and also seen the remnants of a nights carnage outside the sett... DAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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