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["Erdman, James" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

I have lost a lot of chickens over the years to skunks, but possums top
the list in chicken predators for me.  Possums first, then skunks, then
unknown birds of prey, but I haven't lost any to fox or coyotes.  Skunks
and possums will gnaw and dig their way into a chicken coop at night and
kill nesting chickens--I have caught them in the act, so I am sure that
they are the guilty parties.  I prefer to tighten up the coop instead of
killing them, but they can cause lots of loss in the chicken yard.

Jim Erdman, in Menomonie, WI