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[ellymayRans]

So very sorry for your loss. 

Chicken Math!!!!!  lol

that happens to me allot. I talk to txt and sometimes it is really bad...  lol

I lost a Rooster this winter for no reason I could find ... He was my favorite and real good to his hens.

As far as mites go does anyone know ( I know you do lol ) if I can put 7 dust in the nest boxes, I know you can put it on the chickens, but didn't know if them getting in and out of the box would kick up dust and cause any breathing problems. I don't plan on putting plies of it in the boxes, but I have bad enough luck just don't want to add fuel to the fire.

Urbanmom519 said in a few post back the raise Faverolles.

I've never used Sevin. Scares me to use anything like that. I love my bees and my neighbors have bee farms so I'd hate to hurt them. I use Ivomec and DE.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Edited since Chickie has found a new home.

 

[chick rookie]

What is he? EE?

yes he is an EE. 9 - 10mths old

 

[chisNchickens]

The easy way to do a possum in is to whack pretty hard across the nose or between the eyes. They will then usually play possum( no pun intended). Pick them up by the tail put the stick across their neck and pull until you here a pop. That is their neck breaking. Old trappers trick..

This is cruel. I understand the need to dispatch them, but the amount of pulling needed to cause the break is great enough to cause a lot of pain. Not to mention the initial "whack". Opossums are not filthy creatures as people like to say...they are actually quite clean. They are also our country's only marsupial and they have opposable thumbs. They are not truly aggressive although their display can appear so...have a little more respect for them please. They don't deserve pain or abuse. Years and years ago I had a "pet" opossum. Raised her from about the size of a hamster until she was grown. She was a very clean critter and used a litter box. She was sweet and would hold onto my thumb like a baby when she was near me. She loved shiny clothing and would wrap any she could find up in her tail and drag them to a corner and make a shiny little bed. She also loved bananas and would hold them with her adorable little "fingers". As she matured she started to collect slugs and other bugs when outside and weave them into her coat (which they do for their babies once they come out of the pouch). At that point she started making it clear she needed to be free so I took her to a safe place and released her. No chickens nearby of course. It was a neat and rewarding experience though. Best to make sure your coops are opossum-proof to begin with which really should be a no-brainer. I personally have my own 100+ pound opossum killer that guards my birds. At least he does it quickly.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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I disagree. While it is not my preferred method, others use it without excessive cruelty. I have seen it done to a chicken and it was fast. If a whack is done first, the animal just might be knocked out and feel nothing.

 

[chisNchickens]

I disagree. While it is not my preferred method, others use it without excessive cruelty. I have seen it done to a chicken and it was fast. If a whack is done first, the animal just might be knocked out and feel nothing.

A chicken WOULD be fast...not a full grown opossum. I have used this method for rodents as well, but with a pencil not a stick. Opossums would be extremely difficult to do quickly, unless they were wee ones. Just trying to prevent excessive cruelty.

 

[bradselig]

Ugh! Calling for 6-12" of snow Saturday through Sunday! Not what I was wanting to hear! Guess I'll move the last 2 pens of silkies in the co-op so I only have to make one trip through the snow. Thankfully dad gave me a small snow blower. It is great for blowing out the pens and making paths!

 

[chick rookie]

This is cruel. I understand the need to dispatch them, but the amount of pulling needed to cause the break is great enough to cause a lot of pain. Not to mention the initial "whack". Opossums are not filthy creatures as people like to say...they are actually quite clean. They are also our country's only marsupial and they have opposable thumbs. They are not truly aggressive although their display can appear so...have a little more respect for them please. They don't deserve pain or abuse. Years and years ago I had a "pet" opossum. Raised her from about the size of a hamster until she was grown. She was a very clean critter and used a litter box. She was sweet and would hold onto my thumb like a baby when she was near me. She loved shiny clothing and would wrap any she could find up in her tail and drag them to a corner and make a shiny little bed. She also loved bananas and would hold them with her adorable little "fingers". As she matured she started to collect slugs and other bugs when outside and weave them into her coat (which they do for their babies once they come out of the pouch). At that point she started making it clear she needed to be free so I took her to a safe place and released her. No chickens nearby of course. It was a neat and rewarding experience though. Best to make sure your coops are opossum-proof to begin with which really should be a no-brainer. I personally have my own 100+ pound opossum killer that guards my birds. At least he does it quickly.

I agree, I only kill them or anything else for that matter if: they are sick or injured, or showing true aggression, not just bluffing... otherwise I trap and release fr away and in a wooded area.
I love the story of you pet Opossum, I raised a few baby coons that lost their mom's to loggers and they to are clean and not at all dumb.

 

[chisNchickens]

Does anyone in Indiana (hopefully fairly close) have LF Ameraucana? No easter eggers...purebred birds only.
Thanks!

 

[chisNchickens]

I agree, I only kill them or anything else for that matter if: they are sick or injured, or showing true aggression, not just bluffing... otherwise I trap and release fr away and in a wooded area.
I love the story of you pet Opossum, I raised a few baby coons that lost their mom's to loggers and they to are clean and not at all dumb.

Good I'm glad you enjoyed it. I want folks to realize these are unique and respectable creatures...not just chicken-killers and roadkill ;-)
My LGD caught one a couple of weeks ago that weighed nineteen pounds! A big boy!