highseas Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 lol a hedgehog? I still havnt managed to trap whatever it is ive got live traps and fenns everywhere its damn clever whatever it is! Ive never had this much trouble im pretty sure its a rat its scraping away at the bottom of the night shelters and as soon as any duckling goes near that area it gets bitten or gets its head ripped off! Its killing them throughout all my huts though so its quite hard to trap it! I didnt loose any last night though i think with the crows and this rat ive possibly lost 50+ now which isnt making my %'s look too great!! dont underestermate a hedgepig! ive seen one kill a six week old poult in a pen! we had a nest of stoats under one rearing shed 2 years ago that was messy! 4 patterdales 1 jack russle 1 black fell and a selyham softed them out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PheasantMan Posted May 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Ive never even seen a hedgehog here lol Im sure it rats there is a small ditch that runs along the side of my field and ive seen rats there before its abit thick for me to get into but ive baited it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myshot Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 herons are partial to a duckling or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the pelt man Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Its RATS. They just love Ducklings, i have seen them trying to take mine. Had to remove the Ducklings. The Rats were also eating the feed, so set live cage traps then fed them to my Hob Ferret. I watched my Ducklings screaming while a Rat attacked them :o , so gave them a taste of there own PELTY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PheasantMan Posted July 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Well from what ive killed over the last few weeks it could have been rats, stoats or foxes! Now all dead and problem resolved no more dead ducklings!! good job too as ive put 10,000 ducklings into my sheds this week!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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