Went out tonight, in the dark, with my flashlight, to gather my eggs out of the community laying box. My lid to the nest box is hooked to a hand winch via a cable. I cranked up the lid and went over to the box to get the eggs and put them in my basket.

Inside the nest box, I find an ol' possum, eating my eggs. I knew that I had been having a lot of eggs that were laying broken in the nest box but didn't know why. Had no idea a possum was getting into the coop and nest box eating up my eggs.

I grabbed that sucka by his tail and swung him 6 or 8 times up against a tree inside the pen. I cracked his skull wide open hitting him against the tree. Throwed his butt into the woods along with what few unbroken but contaminated eggs, out with him.

Tomorrow I'm gonna try to find where he was getting in and fix the spot. Also plan to put fresh shavings in my nest box.

Danged ol' egg stealin' possum... mad

...Betcha he don't get no more of my eggs. thumbup


Cuz-Pat

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