Re: Eggs disappear
[Re: nate]
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01/18/21 03:12 AM
01/18/21 03:12 AM
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Rhino1
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We had crows stealing our eggs, owning a trail camera or 2 has solved a lot of mysteries on our little farm.
"As far as I can tell, my place is right here..on the smart end of this rifle."
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Re: Eggs disappear
[Re: nate]
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01/18/21 12:23 PM
01/18/21 12:23 PM
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HayDay
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Gets to be a process of elimination. Take what you know and eliminate what is not possible.
Snakes in MO in Jan is not possible.
If eggs are there at dusk and gone in the morning, while chickens are on the roost, not chickens. But only during daytime, chickens eating them is very much a possibility. And bad to have one that does. Hard habit to break.
If chickens in a house that blocks out dogs, skunks, possum, coon or any similar at night, and eggs go missing during the night, not any of those.
Then there are rats. Can get into what looks like a tight house and will eat eggs anytime. If you have a colony of rats, problem is bigger than trapping a few is gonna solve.
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Re: Eggs disappear
[Re: nate]
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01/18/21 07:27 PM
01/18/21 07:27 PM
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LT GREY
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Into thin air. Do barn rats carry off eggs? Anyway to catch them w/ chicken running loose? I don't see signs of rats but nothing else could get in there. You better believe they do !
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