Ill tempered roosters

Simo · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:19 pm

Australian possum - Vegetarian

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American Opossum - Probably not vegetarian

Jaymie · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:35 pm

BatonRouge Bill · **Joined:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:59 pm **Posts:** 60

Wasn't an Opossum this time although I killed two in the last 12 months killing chickens. This is the guilty party this time. These guys are protected though I think. anyway they are really good at eating rats so I'll just take the lump on this one and hope he doesn't come back and terrorize the caged animals.

http://www.desertusa.com/mag00/jan/papr/ghowl.html

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BatonRouge Bill · **Joined:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:59 pm **Posts:** 60

American Opossums are definitely not vegitarians but are mostly scavengers. They will kill poultry though.

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BatonRouge Bill · **Joined:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:59 pm **Posts:** 60

Well, 2 roosters to 10 hens was really hard on the hens. the fact that they are bald headed and kinda bare backed was bad but I got home today and one of the girls had her comb bloodied. So I took the two roosters and put them in cages but they started to beat themselves up against the wire. So I put one down and returned the other to the hens. I'm still going to get him a seperate pen to give the hens a reprieve. I wish I could let them roam but the other critters would get them.

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