We haven't had a lot of eggs with the shorter winter days, but I still check because every once in a while I'll have one or two and it's so frustrating when they've frozen!
However, I learned that is imperative to visually check the nest box before you reach your hand in there.
It always, always makes my heart skip a beat when I see the flash of very white teeth just before I check for eggs. That isn't feathers you're seeing. It's the fur of an oppossum! The bugger snuck in there and found a nice cozy spot for a winter nap! Luckily I found him before he ate the head off of one of my chickens.
...ahhh...I know it. I thought you were going to say a rat. I had a rat...rat...in the chicken coop in the nesting box one year. It jumped down, by my feet....I almost peed....maybe I did...a little. We had to do major fixing of holes in the coop walls. We haven't had any evidence of them for over a year.
ReplyDeleteOK Dicky Bird you just made me laugh out loud! I guess a 'possum looks like a giant rat, but at least it didn't jump out at me!
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