YO GEORGIANS! :)

[EmilyP]

But possoms do carry leprosy

I thought that was only armadillos?

 

[RoboDuck]

No, that is armadillos. Leprosy is found naturally in the dirt so since they burrow they have a tendency to pick it up. I would not worry about that either. I haven't caught leprosy from touching them yet.

 

[KuneKune]

Yeah your right its armadillos! our dog ate one and he smelled like he had died anf sat in the sun and cooked the smell into his skin and he had all these bumps on his body we had to wash him a few times before the smell went away!

 

[KuneKune]

No, that is armadillos. Leprosy is found naturally in the dirt so since they burrow they have a tendency to pick it up. I would not worry about that either. I haven't caught leprosy from touching them yet.

Me neither just take a shower

 

[livhatcher]

I am having the hardest time finding chicks

I am looking for BLR Wyandottes, Orpingtons (not buff), Light Brahmas, and Silver Laced Polish. I am thinking I may need to build an incubator and try to find hatching eggs.....

I have some SLP but they are not sexed yet. Also setting GL and WC Blues tomorrow morning. I'll keep posting here with my annoying incubator saga!! ;-)

 

[livhatcher]

Liv, if you haven't done so already, you need to start a chapter of CA (Chicks Anonymous) at your local Macon post office. lol

It's a thought...but they also are serially entertained by my eggs and hatchlings so I'm not sure they would really help me with my "problem."

Still have these adorable boys: 1 Cream Legbar, 1 Bielefelder (that kid hatched out looking like a teenager!!), & 1 Crele Polish caaaaaaaaaaaallllllll me!!!! LOL

 

[brucifer]

Where I come from a fat opossum or armadillo ends up in the gumbo pot. The skinny ones and small ones you let go to live another day.

Protecting your flock from opossums is not hard to do. It's the raccoons that are the wily ones. They go in the gumbo pot too.

 

[speckledhen]

Where I come from a fat opossum or armadillo ends up in the gumbo pot. The skinny ones and small ones you let go to live another day.

Protecting your flock from opossums is not hard to do. It's the raccoons that are the wily ones. They go in the gumbo pot too.

You may want this one, then. Come get him, Bruce! He's a wide load.

 

[Mylied]

Ok, I have this chick with a bump on the head, Silky? I have a silky and if so this would be my first Silky chick, do Silky chicks have like a fatty bump on their heads?

It can happen with silkies. I think it's called a vaulted skull. The skull doesn't close all the way and the brain causes a bump. You have to be careful with it around other chicks so they don't peck it to hard. As far as I understand, the skull will never fully close. I have one in my last hatch like it.

 

[brucifer]

You may want this one, then. Come get him, Bruce! He's a wide load.

Yeah Cyn. That one looks well fed. We have a big one that visits us at night and lurks in the moon shadows around here. It's attracted to the drippings from the smoker. They like the BOSS and birdseed as well. Anyway, it looks like your opossum is even bigger. Is it a pet?? lol!