[Qdkczrdi]

I agree, a person has to do what they think is best for their neighbor, for their chickens, for the minks, for themselves. It can become complicated because each party has a different interest in the outcome of the situation. Since the minks started the problem by escaping, perhaps it is their responsibility to remedy the situation. If the neighbor owns the minks, and the minks steal from the person who owns the chickens (by taking eggs) then perhaps a fair trade will have already been established by the minks. So, another option is to let the minks steal the eggs (do minks also kill chickens?) and then there is no need to return the minks, because the minks have already evened things out. The value of a mink compared to the value of an egg or a chicken is purely arbitrary.