The Poultry Keeper

rogermohr · Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 77

Ok first we had fox problems so i got rid of them...then we had coyote problems also got rid of them...then we had mink problems dog got rid of them..thank god.....now we have badger problems....were we had a fox den i got rid of the foxes and now badgers are living in them set some traps up but nothing yet...the badgers killed my pair of peacocks witch really made me mad becasue they were very expensive....then they killed 3 pairs of my guinea hens becasue when i walked out to go and set some traps up there were guinea hen feathers laying every were...and just recently was walking around about 100 yards away from the hole i found my female guinea hen dead so i went back to the house and there laying there was my male...i havn't got any yet but when i do i think im going to throw a party like god.....this is realy pissing me of

greentree · Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 160 Location: Wicklow - Ireland

I feel your pain brother! Fox took my rooster I raised from a chick last week while we were in the kitchen. Its lockup for the forseeable future with some supervised free ranging!

mcleod-girls · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:43 am Post subject:

so sorry, hope you catch the culprits Sad

seanandgail · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 259 Location: East Sussex

I feel so sorry for you both! Hopefully you will solve the problem soon

fairislefaerie · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 542

OMG i cant believe your trapping badgers ! Cant you compensate & find good way to keep them out ?? Hate foxes, but badgers, always had a soft spot for them & they are now so rare over here due folks hunting them.

But yes, i do know, our chooks must come first.

Angela

mcleod-girls · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject:

we have had a huge increase in badger numbers here, and they can get quite aggressive

rogermohr · Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 77

yes the badgers here are very aggresive the only thing that i like about them is that they kill all of our gophers but other wise i hate them cause they have been killing my animals...so im just gunna have to catch them and put them to rest with a bullet shell in there head

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7157 Location: isle of lewis

well youve tried that angle ,could you not get electric fencing ,
are badgers protected there ,here they are and you can get put in prison,lots of farmers are loosing whole herds of cows to tb ,another auguement and one that really dont want to get into here ,i know how i feel about it
if you fenced you're fowl with stock fence
got plastic pegs which you nailed on to posts ,about 8 /9 inches up and another on the top ,it could be done fairly cheaply ,then you would need an energizer ,most peditors would look else where for an easier meal
the trap is called a larson trap ,you trap one magpie and the others come and attack it ,then you kill the ones you catch,keeping one
bear in mind you have to check larson traps every 24 hours and must feed and water the magpie/crow ,
ps ,im not adverse to shooting ,sometimes something else has to be done plus shooting as you seem to be loosing a lot of birds