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--Apple-Mail-3-14955342 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Thanks, Peter! Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Austin-Smith, Peter" <AUSTINPJ@gov.ns.ca> > Date: March 7, 2013 2:22:01 PM AST > To: "'jimwolford@eastlink.ca'" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, "Elderkin, > Mark" <ELDERKMF@gov.ns.ca>, "O'Brien, Mike S" <OBRIENMS@gov.ns.ca> > Cc: "Boudreau, Michael" <BOUDREMJ@gov.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: ? Predator That Would Kill Many Chickens/Ducks > > Weasel or raccoon. Have a friend in Melanson lost 18 hens last year > to raccoons over two nights. They caught them in act the last night. > > From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 02:08 PM > To: Elderkin, Mark; O'Brien, Mike S; Austin-Smith, Peter > Cc: Boudreau, Michael > Subject: ? Predator That Would Kill Many Chickens/Ducks > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: bev wigney <bkwigney@gmail.com> >> Date: March 7, 2013 11:59:03 AM AST >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] ? Predator That Would Kill Many Chickens/ >> Ducks >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> When I had a farm back in Ontario, the most destructive predator >> that we ever had to deal with was a raccoon. At one point, we >> came into the barn in the morning to find several dead hens - some >> partly eaten and some with just the heads or other parts chewed >> off. The next night, we left the barn monitor system left on and >> heard some commotion going on around midnight. We went out to >> find an adult raccoon with a couple of young, in the process of >> killing more hens. They were climbing around up in the rafters of >> the barn dragging the hens down to kill them. They made their >> escape through a ventilation slot up in the rafters. We had so >> few hens remaining that we gave the rest of them away. >> >> bev >> >> >> On 2013-03-07, at 8:47 AM, <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> >> <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >>> My friend who has (had) a flock of 18 chickens (but included 4 >>> ducks) went in her chicken coup this morning and what she found >>> was very gruesome, indeed; all but 4 were dead or nearly dead. >>> She had seen a weasel on her back deck several weeks ago. >>> Could a weasel do so much damage to that many birds in just one >>> night? >>> The coup is some ways from the house. Nobody in the family heard >>> any kind of kerfuffel. >>> >>> Thank you for any thoughts as to what kind of predator could do >>> so much damage overnight. >>> >>> Gayle MacLean >>> Dartmouth >> > --Apple-Mail-3-14955342 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Thanks, Peter! Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Austin-Smith, Peter" <<a = href=3D"mailto:AUSTINPJ@gov.ns.ca">AUSTINPJ@gov.ns.ca</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">March 7, 2013 2:22:01 PM AST</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"'<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>'" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = "Elderkin, Mark" <<a = href=3D"mailto:ELDERKMF@gov.ns.ca">ELDERKMF@gov.ns.ca</a>>, "O'Brien, = Mike S" <<a = href=3D"mailto:OBRIENMS@gov.ns.ca">OBRIENMS@gov.ns.ca</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"Boudreau, Michael" <<a = href=3D"mailto:BOUDREMJ@gov.ns.ca">BOUDREMJ@gov.ns.ca</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>Re: ? Predator That Would Kill Many = Chickens/Ducks</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <font = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif= ";color:#1F497D">Weasel or raccoon. Have a friend in Melanson lost = 18 hens last year to raccoons over two nights. They caught them in act = the last night. </font><br> <br> <div = style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in = 0in 0in"> <font = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif&= quot;"><b>From</b>: James W. Wolford [<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>] = <br> <b>Sent</b>: Thursday, March 07, 2013 02:08 PM<br> <b>To</b>: = Elderkin, Mark; O'Brien, Mike S; Austin-Smith, Peter <br> <b>Cc</b>: = Boudreau, Michael <br> <b>Subject</b>: ? Predator That Would Kill Many = Chickens/Ducks <br> </font> <br> </div> <br> <div><br> <div>Begin = forwarded message:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> = <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">bev wigney <<a = href=3D"mailto:bkwigney@gmail.com">bkwigney@gmail.com</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> <font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000"= style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">March 7, 2013 11:59:03 AM AST</font></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> <font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000"= style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] ? Predator That Would = Kill Many Chickens/Ducks</b></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "> <br> </div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> When I had a farm back in Ontario, the most = destructive predator that we ever had to deal with was a raccoon.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>At one point, we came into = the barn in the morning to find several dead hens - some partly eaten = and some with just the heads or other parts chewed off.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>The next night, we left = the barn monitor system left on and heard some commotion going on around = midnight.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>We went out = to find an adult raccoon with a couple of young, in the process of = killing more hens.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>They were climbing around up in the rafters of the barn dragging = the hens down to kill them.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>They made their escape through a ventilation slot up in the = rafters.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>We had so = few hens remaining that we gave the rest of them away. <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "> <br> </div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> bev<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "> <br> </div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "> <br> </div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> On 2013-03-07, at 8:47 AM, <<a = href=3D"mailto:duartess@ns.sympatico.ca">duartess@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = <<a = href=3D"mailto:duartess@ns.sympatico.ca">duartess@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = wrote:</div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "> <br> </div> = <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> My friend who has (had) a = flock of 18 chickens (but included 4 ducks) went in her chicken coup = this morning and what she found was very gruesome, indeed; all but 4 = were dead or nearly dead. She had seen a weasel on her back deck several = weeks ago.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> Could a weasel do so much damage to that many birds = in just one night?<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> The coup is some ways from the house. Nobody in the = family heard any kind of kerfuffel.</div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "> <br> </div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Thank you for any thoughts as = to what kind of predator could do so much damage overnight.</div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "> <br> </div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> Gayle MacLean</div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> = Dartmouth</div> </blockquote> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "> <br> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-3-14955342--
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