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rogermohr



Joined: 17 May 2007
Posts: 77
PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:39 am    Post subject: What prey is this Reply with quote
OK well i have a muscovey duck nest and a rouen duck nest to..and every day there is an egg going missing...i was really thinking this is either a magpie crow or rat...please help..it would be really appreciated

Thank you,


Roger
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milkmaid



Joined: 19 Apr 2005
Posts: 7364
Location: isle of lewis
PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
when this happened to me it was a crow
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mojo



Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 10900
Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE
PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
not knowing your local fauna ............but in europe the following all steal eggs.....magpie/crow/jackdaw/mink/weasel/stoat/rat/martens.........so there is a lot to choose from
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Itsybitsy



Joined: 11 Feb 2006
Posts: 1443
Location: Leicestershire
PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Most probably a rat or a weasel as they will come in the night when the broody's defences are down. Can you protect them in any way, you need small gauge wire to stop weasels they will get through rabbit mesh.

Itsybitsy
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kated



Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Posts: 2015
Location: norfolk
PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Could it be a hedgehog? Just one egg going at a time is hedgehog trait. Most other predators with go on a spree. Don't know if you can get Canadian hedgehogs Embarassed
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rogermohr



Joined: 17 May 2007
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:16 pm    Post subject: ad Reply with quote
No haha not a hedge hog...if there was a hedge hog spotted here it would be in a record book...i found out what it was this morning i went out side to feed all my animals and i found a magpie in our chicken house eating a egg so i trapped it in there and killed it.....so ya now i know what it is
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kated



Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Posts: 2015
Location: norfolk
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well done you - one of my least liked birds, along with jays. Seen them decimate a blackbird's nest of at least 4 nestlings.
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mojo



Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE
PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
seems my first guess was correct.................keep an eye open for another one taking over the dead ones terroitery
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