Anyone ever had a chicken adopt a skunk before????!!!!

[Boyd]

for a dead man I'm feeling pretty lively!!!! PS, how big of a rabies Vector does Florida Have?! Rabies does tend to have a range so...................................

KewlHanded, I am awe inspired by your knowledge

and I sincerely

to your superior intellect. You are right, and we are wrong. Go forth in life and spread the good word, take a raccoon in each hand and sing cumbuya my friend.

 

[McSpin]

I spend a lot of time in the woods and have even had a rabies alert in my county. Even so, I realize the chances of getting bitten and dying from rabies is so remote that it almost non-existent. Something to be aware of, but not afraid of. Most odd acting animals do have some problem, though the chances of it being rabies vs distempter, mange, infection or a dozen other pathogens is very remote. In this case, the problem seems to be that it may not be mature enough to be out on its own. Seems like it's using the chicken as a mother substitute. Probably needs some food and water, unless it has been eating the chicken's. I wouldn't stick my finger in its mouth, but I wouldn't shoot it either.

By the way, skunks do not hibernate. They may den up for awhile in severe weather, but they are not a hibernating mammal.

 

[Reinbeau]

I think this thread has run its course.