Neither, it was the cock!
Are you sure they are pine martens and not stone martens? Stone martens (fouine) are a lot more common (and brazen eg they often move into people’s attics…) they are fond of eggs and chicks.
Do we need a chicken photos only thread?
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There is no question that they are Pine Martens, they have “orange throats”.
We have had a large family of stone martens in our lofts for 4 years and encourage them to keep the mice down in the 3 lofts above the cottage and in the 2 lofts above the stables.
Cute looking and funny to watch when they are playing but vicious.
Pine Martin in the big barn
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Without wishing to bring sex into the discussion…Lol… surely the terms cock and hen apply to the sex of all birds. whereas chicken is a generic term applying to many specific breeds of Gallus gallus domesticus
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