Yeah but they also keep rats, and roaches away and will kill snakes.SolidlyAverage wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:19 pmChickens are 100% immune to rabies and also eat ticks. Plus they give me breakfast. I’ll take those over opossums, who can carry and transmit tularemia, toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis, tuberculosis, spotted fever, etc.Olioxenfree wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:10 pmThey are practically immune to rabies, eat thousands of ticks a year, and are very important to the environment. There's a lot good about them.
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You know what else will keep rats in check? Snakes. Roaches aren't a problem for me, and chickens will also happily take care of those if they are in your area. Killing snakes is another big strike against them.bmw29 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:26 pmYeah but they also keep rats, and roaches away and will kill snakes.SolidlyAverage wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:19 pmChickens are 100% immune to rabies and also eat ticks. Plus they give me breakfast. I’ll take those over opossums, who can carry and transmit tularemia, toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis, tuberculosis, spotted fever, etc.Olioxenfree wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:10 pm
They are practically immune to rabies, eat thousands of ticks a year, and are very important to the environment. There's a lot good about them.
Sorry, you aren't selling me on opossums.
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We moved into their habitat, so yeah sometimes they are going to get confused and end up in your yard. Give them space and they will give you space.mcginnisc wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:05 pm I've never liked them. They are aggressive little twits. I should be able to go into my backyard and not be lunged at by one. I wish they would just stay out of my yard. I'd be happier and so would they because my dog would not chase them.
Olioxenfree wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:51 pmI have. And my husband deals with them often at work. I don't hold it against them. They are wild animals, they defend themselves when they feel like they are in danger.
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No myths factor in to my generally negative opinion of them.
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LOL I don't really deal with any of them but my niece used to work for the local nature museum and they had a opossum they nursed back to health that is now their animal ambassador. She used to take him home at night to care for him since he couldn't be left alone. I still think they're ugly but my opinion of them isn't nearly as harsh at this point. Plus I'm not a huge fan of chickens. My grandparents had a farm and I've been flogged more times than I care to remember. Ha I've also been attacked by geese so I'm a little wary of birds in general now.SolidlyAverage wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:42 pmYou know what else will keep rats in check? Snakes. Roaches aren't a problem for me, and chickens will also happily take care of those if they are in your area. Killing snakes is another big strike against them.bmw29 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:26 pmYeah but they also keep rats, and roaches away and will kill snakes.SolidlyAverage wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:19 pm
Chickens are 100% immune to rabies and also eat ticks. Plus they give me breakfast. I’ll take those over opossums, who can carry and transmit tularemia, toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis, tuberculosis, spotted fever, etc.
Sorry, you aren't selling me on opossums.
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Color me confused. I was expecting a picture of food, and instead you show me an adorable little possum.
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