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Yep, this is the skunk lady again... I noticed a strange-looking pile of what looks like poop in the coop, so I opened the lower access door, and there is a young possum staring back at me! Possum's are nocturnal like skunks, right? So I can hope it will be gone at nightfall and I can ... do...

re: nnbreeder I love it - you have a "watch-skunk"! Our little guy had left after nightfall and I blocked future access to the coop, but I think I hope he stays around after reading your post. We are hemmed in by dogs. When we got our first chickens three years ago there was one other dog in...

Last January we lost 3 chickens in a cold snap here in central Massachusetts (it got down to -10). We moved the remaining 4 chickens into a 10x12 room in our basement. It is a walkout room with a large window and door, and separated from the rest of our basement by another door. All we had in...

Okay, we have a small, temporary coop for our 3 chickens while my husband rebuilds our barn. The coop has no floor. I went out this morning to give the girls some food, and there is a skunk curled up, asleep, in a depression the girls made in the dirt floor. What do I do?? I don't have any...

We have a small, temporary coop with 8 nesting boxes (our barn burned in April, and my husband built a 4x4x4 coop for house our 5 hens and rooster until we get the new barn built). One of our hens went broody (first time for us and her) a month ago, and when we checked on them last night, the...