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Thank you everyone for the suggestions. The opossum came back several times last night but every time i went out there it ran off. I have lost alot of chickens to these predators as well as a fox and raccoons. Im not interested in keeping it because it is fairly large and it is illegal in my...

So tonight I go put my chickens up and as I'm walking out there I notice my 2 ducks who live with the chickens are up eating. I notice something else in there eating to and as I get close its a big oppossum. Of course I scare it so it leaves. I'm really shocker it didn't kill my girls is it...

Thank you for the information. I did find someone who is in the same boat i am only they have all female ducks and are looking for a drake. So happens they live down the road from me and pass by my house every day so i think we are going to try and sway my drake for their female. Hopefully the...

In the beginning i had 1 pekin female, 1 magpie female and 1 pekin drake. Of course the drake mated with both. My pekin female disappear after laying her eggs, im assuming by a fox or other wild animal, so my magpie pushed all the eggs into her nest. I randomly took 2 eggs out of the nest to let...

Thank you everyone for making me feel welcome. I really enjoy reading about others experiences and i will be posting my experiences, questions, and pictures of all my animals.

Thank you for the information. I make her get out of the nest every day to eat and drink. I close the coop so she cant get in there until dark but she goes right back to the nest. I remove the eggs but the other girls lay their eggs there too so she just steals theirs lol. If i had known she was...

He everyone from Benton KY. I am so excited to find a place to talk about my flock and get the information i need. Well alittle bit about myself.... About 2 years ago my 4 year old daughter (now 6) brought home 3 baby chicks. We lived in town at the time so i didnt really know how i was going...