ditchman Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 to those of you who keep chickens and live in Norfolk........please start to check you chicken coops are proper dug in.MINK ARE ON THE RISE AGAIN.......... My mate (couple of hundred yds away from me) lost nearly 30 chickens in one night..........so far he has caught and dispatched 3 mink and that wont be the end of it......so just double check yer chucks...... ditch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 Plus bird flu raising it's head again. N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Walker570 said: Plus bird flu raising it's head again. N wasnt aware of that................spring/summer visitors bringing it in ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinw Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 Not just mink the otters are about also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 Arrrrrrrr Simon are we going to have a mink traping thread on the lines of the increadable mole catching exersise?😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, dead eye alan said: Arrrrrrrr Simon are we going to have a mink traping thread on the lines of the increadable mole catching exersise?😎 I doubt his mental state could take the ribbing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringDon Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 15 hours ago, Walker570 said: Plus bird flu raising it's head again. N Certainly hope not! The poultry restrictions are lifted today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I doubt his mental state could take the ribbing! im very fragile at the moment.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, SpringDon said: Certainly hope not! The poultry restrictions are lifted today. That's good news. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/avian-influenza-bird-flu-national-prevention-zone-declared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243deer Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 You keep them down your end of the county, no need to send them over this way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, 243deer said: You keep them down your end of the county, no need to send them over this way when the hulabaloos are on the water the mink will just hop on to the boats and be down your way ASAP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 Norfolk& Suffolk Sabs now actively targeting, encouraging their lot to destroy mink traps. Including on WT sites and reserves. Saying mink have been with us for so long now they have naturalised and become part of our ecology like other natural predators. Yeah right! Tell that to water voles, moorhens, grebes and ducks etc. They certainly spreading. Shot 3 in last year or so where i had previously seen none and that's without seeking them out. . . . . . Otters seem to be everywhere. I wonder if it's them pushing mink about and away from hunting on rivers? . . . . Otters regularly patrol gardens in my village well away from any significant water cause. Been found laying up in straw stacks and pig arc's. At one time dogs in village started repeatedly kicking off barking in middle of night and trail cams showed it to be otters visiting gardens/ponds. Been a lot of pics this Spring of piles of dead/half eaten frogs and some toads by some waters. Said to be otters and so many just left it looked like they just catching and killing for fun. WT said several years back Suffolk rivers had reached their carrying compacity for otters. On a recent program on the River Deben Suffolk WT said they had trapped over 20,000 mink themselves. Imagine that number would be higher in Norfolk? Strange mink not mentioned in RSPB pest control figures!? NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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