Re: Possum

Yeh, chickens don't see well at night and once they roost for the
evening...they don't move.  At night, you can walk right up to a chicken
that is afraid of people, and pick them up.  They will not attempt to run.
 It's almost like they are just frozen.  So they are easy pickings for a
predator at night if they are not put up.  So sorry Daryl.  I hate to hear
that.

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:21 PM, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:

> Nope, not slow at all when a dog's chasing them. I suspect a chicken would
> be fairly easy prey for them. Critters, it's always something.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Daryl
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:10 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Possum
>
> Chickens don't move around well at night. 'Possums do.  They're actually
> not
>
> slow when they want to move.
>
> The only natural predator of 'possums other than coyotes that I know of is
> a
>
> neighbor with a shotgun.
>
> d
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 6:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Possum
>
>
> > Daryl - I am so sorry!   I'm amazed as slow as possums are that they can
> > even catch a chicken.  Do possum have an natural predators that won't
> kill
> > your birds as well?
> >
> > On 5/23/09, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> We lost another one, my pet Lady Bird, last night. She and a few of her
> >> sisters wouldn't go into their coop last night.
> >>
> >> Damn 'Possums.
> >>
> >> d
>
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