Possum in old coup

[Mya05]

Tonight when I went to check on my flock, I found one our hens outside, looking into the old coup. I was concerned, because it was already dark out, and her body language screamed cautious curiosity. I grabbed her and secured her in the coup my flock is currently using. I kept the old one, because occasionally the hens like to hang out inside, and sometimes lay their eggs in it. I also thought about using it to quarantine the hens we plan on getting this Spring. Well, when I took a look tonight, I found a possum curled up in one of the nesting boxes Mya, my dog, had a fun time flushing it out, and almost caught it before it disappeared over the fence. We don't leave food out, or do anything that I think would make our yard attractive to a possum, especially because our dog makes a habit of chasing off anything in our yard that isn't a chicken. I have no idea how to keep it out of my yard.

 

[citymeetscountry]

I’m not sure if there is a way to keep them out? I’m not sure what your yard is like, we have a chain link fence around our yard. One night I happened to look outside and saw a possum beelining for our tractor (the coop is built into the top part) and I instinctively grabbed the closest thing I could find (a child’s toy broom) and ran outside to chase it away. Yeah... my husband laughed at me and then showed me where the long rifle is for next time

 

[Mya05]

I’m not sure if there is a way to keep them out? I’m not sure what your yard is like, we have a chain link fence around our yard. One night I happened to look outside and saw a possum beelining for our tractor (the coop is built into the top part) and I instinctively grabbed the closest thing I could find (a child’s toy broom) and ran outside to chase it away. Yeah... my husband laughed at me and then showed me where the long rifle is for next time

I could take my BB pistol out with me when I check on them at night. We have a 6 foot privacy fence, but it obviously isn't keeping out the possum; not that I thought it would.

 

[ChicNmom]

Possum tend to move around. We have occasionally had them in our yard then they move on.
They don't like to be bothered. I bet just from the dog flushing it out it may decide to live elsewhere.

 

[Mya05]

Possum tend to move around. We have occasionally had them in our yard then they move on.
They don't like to be bothered. I bet just from the dog flushing it out it may decide to live elsewhere.

She checks for it all the time now