I was born and raised on a farm in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. There have been some recorded cases of a large possum taking a full grown standard hen, but they much prefer smaller prey that they can consume in one sitting.They rarely consume the whole carcass, preferring the breast, abdomen and crop.Since possum are mainly nocturnal, you are unlikely to catch them in the act, but below are some clues to help you identify the culprit:Some people leave a radio playing all day and night, something soft you don’t need to subject your hens to heavy metal! LOL)In politics the truth is just the lie you believe most - unknownSure, they'll get into grain if they can. But they also do kill chickens for food but will generally only eat a part of it, leaving the uneaten part behind. It's important that all food stores be secure and any animal carcasses buried promptly. I have had oppossums kill chickens, eat eggs, eat garden vegetables etc. We have caught 4 culprits this way. We have been having a possum problem for a few months since my family has not been home so our dogs were not home either. I just happen to be the first stop with food sources. I have never felt the need to do this since they seldom have caused mischief here.I have always had a soft spot for Opossums,and raised many orphaned babies to later release.Maybe you should look into what having a so called Good Possum hanging around and what it carries and how it kills horses EPM!I have been feeding an opossum for about 6 months now, she comes up on my porch and she eats cat food, I even have a video of her, I was sitting on the porch, I had my music going, there’s rope lights on the each side of my porch, she’s actually come up on the porch and was eating cat food while the cat was laying right there where she could see him, she doesn’t seem to be scared of the cats, she look right at me and is really friendly, but what I’m worried about is, I know there’s possums at my son’s house back behind us that are killing the chickens and he says that he thinks that she’s killing them too, but I believe that she’s being well-fed up here and I can’t see why she would go kill chickens when she’s being fed so good, what is your feelings on this?
We’ve shot all 3 that we’ve caught. I’ve never had one even look at a chicken. We find that coons are much more visious and will kill your cat or small dog given half a chance.. no experience with chickens as we are vegans.Good article.

It's important that all food stores be secure and any animal carcasses buried promptly. If opossums live on your property they should be humanely trapped and removed.

That possum isn’t going to give up now that it has killed two large hens.

You make a few holes in the can, seal the top over and place at the corners of the coop. Ran out and saw a possum running from the injured hen. Not sure what we can do other than reinforce again. I never could have foreseen that level of strength. They have a long pointed face with a pink nose, black eyes and a long hairless tail.

Took one off a week ago three miles she was back the next night. My reasoning being if they are well fed they won’t bother the chickens and perhaps will dispatch a couple of mice in the bargain.If I have chicks around the barn, I am more watchful for signs of attack, but I rarely see them in the summer months.Of course you can put traps down, but once you catch them you should call animal control to relocate them.
I can hear everything from my bedroom but the first time must have been when I was working a late overtime.

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