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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



August, 1908 



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Summer Tragedies 



In the July issue of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist the beginning of this article 

 appeared, giving only the bird enemies of 

 the poultry yard and a description of their 

 methods of procedure. A promise was made 

 that in this number a list of the animals 

 that prey upon the poultry would appear. 

 While there are but two bird enemies of tlie 

 chicken in this country, viz: the hawk and 

 the crow, the animal depredators are more 

 numerous. In the country and suburban 

 districts there are wild enemies, such as the 

 racoon, fox, skunk, mink and weasel, and 



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al.so what may be termed the domestic ene- 

 mies, the dog and the rat. In cities only 

 the domestic enemies have to be c(mtended 

 with. 



The first on the list is the "coon," a wary 

 chap. He works at night always, prefer- 

 ably between one and three in the morning 

 He rarely visits the same yard twice in su( 

 cession, nor does he discriminate. Evei;. 

 poultry yard in his neighborhood is visiteil 

 He climbs the fence posts with ease an; 

 will enter any yard except those wired over- 

 head. He likes to kill but seldom takes 

 away his quarry. He kills by biting off 

 the heads of very young chicks and by cut- 

 ting the throats of mature fowl. He will 

 upset a coop and kill all the chickens unless 

 disturbed. His presence is known by the 

 alarm shrieks of the mother hen or by tli 

 outcry of the male bird. It is wise to hav. 

 the shot gun at hand when a coon is known 

 to be in the district. Throw on a dark 

 cloak and go out softly without a light and 

 you may be in time to get a shot at him. 

 When disturbed, he us.ually runs up tl. 

 nearest tree and it is a good idea to examiii 

 carefully the trees, if there should be any in 

 the yard before going in. Last summer a 

 racoon visited eight or nine different yards 

 in the vicinity of Rocklifte, Ottawa, and 

 killed numbers of young fowl, escaping traps 

 and dogs, until the writer had the honor of 

 shooting him one night in the early part 

 of August. 



The fox is also wary and will not ent. m 

 wired enclosures. He is df^ngerous only m 

 the country districts and catches his prey 

 early in the morning and towards evening 

 when the fowl wanders too far from the 

 yards. Scattered feathers at the edge of the 

 bush or near a log fence tells the tale and 

 soon the number of fowl rapidly dimish. 

 unless the fox is shot or frightened off. 



The skunk is a night prowler. He is ver> 

 deliberate, being safe from attack from dogs. 

 He first visits the nests in the hen house 

 looking for eggs and then turns his attent- 

 ion to the chickens. If the place is to- liis 

 liking, he will probably scratch a bole und 

 the hen house or shed and stay right ther- 

 His meal time is about twelve o'clock mid- 

 night. He is not easily disturbed and can 

 be easily shot for he goes on with his bu>' 

 ness of killing chickens whether the own 

 is there or not . 



The mink and the weasel both work ; 

 night and in the same manner. They d. 

 troy from eight to a dozen chicks nightly 1 

 cutting their throats, but don't take aw:i 

 the bodies. The mink lives near a en > 

 or beaver meadow, and must eitlier 1 

 trapped or shot. The weasel likes a stoi 

 pile or trash heap, and may be seen sunnii 

 himself on sunny mornings on the bottiii 

 rail of the fence near his nest or den. It : 

 worth while spending an hour to get a s!i 

 at him for he is hard to trap. Space forbij 

 a description of tiie city enemies of poultry, 

 the dog, cat and rat. It may be given an- 

 other time. 



In conclusion, it may be repeated tli; 

 the animals that prey upon poultry are ;r 

 tracted by scent and the smell from a dii' 

 yard will travel further than that from ch :: 

 quarters. 



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