Armadillo

[Ole rooster]

Can any of the Texas members let me know if these creatures mess with chickens? The reason I ask Morgan and I, my dog Morgan, were walking out to the chicken pen and he alerted to something. I didn't see what had his attention then he bolted passed the chicken run and got to chasing something that was in the area where I let the chickens out this morning. He ran it into a hole where I had killed an armadillo once before. I finally dug down to him to get a shot and killed him. Then buried it there.

Just wondering if that's another pest to look for.

 

[Gulfstream]

No....and they are nearly blind. In Argentina they fatten them and eat them. They dig around looking for grubs and stuff.

 

[zazouse]

They will eat eggs if they are on the ground, seen it for myself.

 

[EMAW]

They won't mess with your chickens, they are nearly blind and not interested in that large of a meal. Not in TX but I was hunting in OK one fall and saw an armidillo in the field, I stood over the trail it was on and it walked between my legs, and never even knew I was there.