Rooster-red, some of those possums are huge!!
Anyway, I had to go get pics with the cell phone because Vista hates me and my digital won't connect.
So, here is a shot of the 2x4 cross bar by the nestbox where the possum was eating the eggs.
From the other side, with the spent shell.
More collateral damage. I use these strips of corrugated siding over the nest boxes so the poop doesn't pile up on the tops.
The plywood damage didn't show well on the cell, and there is a nice inch thick coat of ice on the outside of the coop, so I wasn't able to get good pics of the plywood damge.
Just to put into perspective, that is 2 inches of wood simply sheared away from a shotgun blast from about 8 feet. I imagine there is an equally large hole in the floor, I just didn't feel like digging through the pine and straw to find it.
The coop seriously needs mucked out. It's been a long winter.
Em