Poultry Predator Identification


	Poultry Predator Identification

LemonThyme

11-25-2008 12:05 PM

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poultry, chickens, predators, farming

LemonThyme says:

Something got one of my hens lat night

I think it may have been a racoon.

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11-27-2008 10:34 AM

chucksiebert

For months we had an egg thief and thought it was a snake but it turned out to be a "visiting" skunk.

12-8-2008 11:30 PM

LemonThyme

Yikes! That's a smelly visitor, my mom's dog got sprayed this summer WHEW!

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