awwwwwww... I followed my new 'pet' back to his hole...

[rrrmamma]

Found two living under the deck for my Gazebo last week. It is only yards from the coop. DH took care of both of them with his .45. (That was the handiest) They were tossed in the back forty for the local buzzards, but my cat found them and rolled in the stinky mess. Has anyone else taken a shower with an angry 11 pound cat! He really hated the shampoo, but smelled alot better afterwards. I only have a few scars. Now all I have to do is ask him if he wants a shower. He runs.

 

[RioLindoAz]

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[jacoblipford]

possum are nasty little things remember walking out to the cow pasture with my grand dad when i was smaller find a dead cow usually died from old age or what not the stomach would be moving around sure enough a possum or 2 ate there way through the rear end working their way to the front end just like buzzards without wings

 

[lleighmay]

If it were me I would be securing my coop at night and looking around to find out how they got in. Does your pop door open onto a secure run? If so it must not be all that secure. Possums are not qualified to do brain surgery..... if a possum can find its way in you can be sure a coon will follow- it's only a matter of time!

 

[jennh]

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[jennh]

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GROSS!!!!!!!!

Jen

 

[littleoak]

Skin it out. clean off all fat. Rinse well. Clean insides out. Rinse. Boil with sliced potatoes until meat is white. Remove from water and Rinse again. Bake like a turkey until all meat is tender. Also don't use the slice potatoes that were used for boiling.

 

[cafarmgirl]

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I'm sure I may get yelled at for this by the folks who advocate killing all predators on sight but here goes anyway. In my view it is not only my responsibility to keep my low-on-the-food-chain chickens safe but also to prevent said chickens from becoming an attractive nuisance to the local wildlife. If my chickens are left vulnerable then I can't expect wild critters to pass them by any more then I would expect my dog to ignore a cheese burger left in the middle of the back lawn.

 

[Moxiechick]

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I'm sure I may get yelled at for this by the folks who advocate killing all predators on sight but here goes anyway. In my view it is not only my responsibility to keep my low-on-the-food-chain chickens safe but also to prevent said chickens from becoming an attractive nuisance to the local wildlife. If my chickens are left vulnerable then I can't expect wild critters to pass them by any more then I would expect my dog to ignore a cheese burger left in the middle of the back lawn.

I agree. Your analogy is perfect!

 

[fishnet1971]

my pop door is a slider that is almost to heavy for me to open from the outside, so i havent a clue how he got in. My hen house is reinforced all around it. My fencing is wooven wire 6 ft. high with pins staked into the ground honding it down into the earth. Then it has smaller wire on the bottom 12 inches. THEN it has plastic fencing over top that. The only way I can figure, is that if he has hibernated under the shed all winter and came out and into the shed while the girls were outside. I did not kill the opossums because i felt threatened, I did it because my girls were killed and the rest would have been. I do not go out and kill the predators at my home. I do however protect my flock. and I always will.

I love wildlife, I love to have wildlife here, I have many hours doing wildlife habitat. (and yes, I do hunt, but only if I can eat it. Not for sport).