Would you have thought the more small European carnivore could be a major threat to your feathered friends? That's it, the weasel it's a small mammal that loves to feed on defenseless hens. This 4-legged mammal of the Mustelidae family has biological characteristics very similar to those of one ferret, beech marten or ermine but it is essential for all breeders not to confuse it and recognize it among the various enemies lurking, trying to protect the hens by increasing their safety with the help of a chicken coop antidonnola.
Therefore we offer you one brief description of this small but deadly predator.
The body is cylindrical, the short legs with a shorter tail than the body with very sharp nails and large ears. Now you definitely can't miss it!
A historical enemy for your chickens: the weasel
The weasel is remembered as bitter enemy of the birds since Ancient Greece. A famous fable of Aesop reminds us with textual words how in ancient times the breeders had to obtain precautions to safeguard their chicken coops.
The short story:
“A weasel learned that on a farm
there were some sick chickens, and, disguised as a doctor
and equipped with the tools of her profession, she went there.
Arrived in front of the door,
he began to ask how their health was.
But those, ready:
"" Very well, as long as you stay away. "
As usual, each story ended with a kind of exemplum or rather moral, which aims not so much to provide information on how to protect the hens of a breeder, but to awaken men to attention and help them with rules and regulations. sound principles to get by within society.
Thus, even among men,
the prudent know how to recognize the wicked,
however much they flaunt the best of intentions.
After all, even today we could use this ending to our advantage: a breeder, like any man, is never too cautious.
To recognize the wicked, and in this case, i enemies of our chickens It is also necessary to pay attention to those small, apparently harmless animals, such as weasels. In fact, the weasel is a mammal that lends itself, if bred, to domestication.
The cruel Mustelidae family
Martens, weasels and stone martens are all carnivorous mammals belonging to the Mustelidae family. These are relatively small animals, the body does not exceed 55 cm and the weight is around one kilo. However, these little ferrets can be lethal to our feathered friends. It is therefore important to know how to recognize them, understand their habits and prepare for a counterattack. We have seen that mustelids are all similar, small and hairy, whose coat is colored differently from species to species. There marten it is in shades of brown, with a yellowish spot on the throat; the same part is, for the stone marten, it is white, and also extends to the limbs. There weasel instead it has a light brown, orange back, with a white throat spot and shorter legs.
Their habitat is cultivated areas, uncultivated areas, forests and rocky areas, where they find part of their food. They are ruthless predators, they can hunt at night and they use the macabre technique of the severed head: small bites behind the neck and on the belly, often without even getting to feed on the prey just hunted. Their attacks are distinguished by the uncontrollable euphoria that leads them to make a real one carnage inside the chicken coop.
The anti-marten chicken coop
I Cucciolotta anti-marten chicken coops, have characteristics that distinguish them from others and make them super efficient in protection of your farm. We are talking about the HPL laminate and the control system Chicken Guard.
HPL is the material we use to build all of our houses, perfect for resist bites, scratches and bad weather, there are no cracks or other holes through which predators could enter. Easy to clean and durable, is the perfect solution to facilitate the maintenance of your chicken coop and chicken control.
Chicken Guard is an automatic system for opening and closing the door of the chicken coop, its main objective is to plan the exit and return of the hens. The device can be adjusted and monitored remotely. In this way, each farmer can be sure of the safety of his hens, knowing already at what moment they will be located outside the hen house and when they will be inside.
Predators such as the weasel and other hen executioners love to attack their prey when the sun goes down. There will therefore be no problem if the self-locking mechanism is programmed at the right time.
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