Dad ran and got his gun and
shot the skunk. Later we saw that the bullet went in his back and out his
chest. We gathered up all the dead chickens with some maggots on them. We also
got the dead skunk. We went to our pit and threw the dead animals in. The skunk
had some pretty big claws.
We were sad to lose our
chicks. The one that was hurt died a few days later. Now we have only one
lonely chick. We plan to get some more chickens from our friend.
By Jonathan and Dad – age 8 and
age 45
Hi Jonathon, I loved LOVED reading your post, your description about where the bullet entered and exited was interesting. Lucky we dont have skunks here in Australia, but I do need to constantly check for foxes around our chickens. We have 6 hens and one rooster, we will be getting 10 more hens on Saturday. Did the skunk stink? I have heard them smell really bad and some people say you can wash yourself with tomato juice to get the smell off, is this true? It was interesting that some of the chicks had maggots on them so quickly. Keep writing, you are very good at it.
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Yes they stink. You definitely want to stay away from a spraying skunk.
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