Groundhogs?

[tressiah]

Ok, I have a family of Groundhogs living under my barn, and My chicken house is inside the barn, Concrete floor, double latched, do I need to worry about the groundhogs ? I watch them come out into the yard, and play, the donkey ignores them , I haven't had any trouble yet, but don't want the problem to get to that point !
Advise please:/
PS Feed is locked up as well !
Thanks!

 

[jbowen9]

Na shouldnt have anything thing to worry about they mostly eat roots and grass the biggest problems with them is the holes they dig

 

[tressiah]

Thanks !

The holes are a bit of a nuisance, but I can tolerate that just by watching the little varmints playing in the yard !

 

[bryan8]

One almost killed my bantie. Let me try to find the thread

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Our chickens will kill groundhogs...they are not meat eaters so nothing to worry about.

Those things are the least of your worries with the chickens...now they may cause MANY holes under your shed floor though! Our floor collapsed so we had to remove them and rehome them in the wild.

WOW I just seen the thread before mine...that is shocking that one tried to kill the bantam. My bantams run around all over and they always run from them like the mice do.

 

[bryan8]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=203221&p=1 Found it

 

[tressiah]

hey, are we referring to the same animal by different names ?
These ground hogs look like overgrown hamsters, with brown hair, Mama & at least 2-3 babies. I thought woodchucks were more live in the wild eat tree bark & leaves stuff !
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think they are the same

 

[Trenary Duck Farm]

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They way I read your thread the chicken attacked the woodchuck, and he defended himself.

 

[CoopCrazy]

I would be worried about you Mule stepping a hole and breaking its leg , my mother has broken her ankle stepping in one of them .. Also had a barn fall iin from there lil tunnels..

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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Goundhogs are the same as woodchucks in my neck of the woods.

They do not kill chickens!