Well, just as I finished typing my last post I heard a ruckus outside. I went out and there was a possum in the chicken coop. The Hen" Clucker" was no where to be seen, while in the coop with the possum the rooster "ParrotEyes" was going nuts.
I grabbed the first thing I could on the way out the door (metal broom handle) and commenced whacking at the possum who was too dumb to run out of the cage. So I had him pinned but couldn't do anything, while the rooster, trapped at the other end behind me, is going crazy and pecking me on the arm I'm using to pin the possum
Ahaha, what a F'n night.
The whole time I'm wary of the hornets nest, only about 6 ft away above me in the cedar lol.
Finally I just lifted the coop and pushed the possum out.
Then spent the next 3 hrs trying to find the hen with a flashlight. Walking around making chicken noises and calling her like its a damn dog or something,
And no I didnt get video
I saw no feathers or blood or sign of a struggle. I figured she ran and hid so I searched everywhere, probably covered ten acres., yard , woods, field, pasture. No chicken.
So my wife gets home from work at about 10 and she comes walking up calling for the chicken, walks under the carport. walks over to the coop and it wasn't 20 seconds later we hear a chicken behind us.
There comes Ms Clucker. not injured and she seems fine. She let me pick her up and place her in the coop.
Geez even the chickens feel like pets now and part of the family..
The hornets will wait til tomorrow night, Im bout to bong myself into oblivion and relax.
I've decided to go with a few cans of a product like the one you show Willie, though that flamethrower would come in handy for so many things