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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: thestephens on June 18, 2012, 12:04:25 pm

Title: Mr Fox
Post by: thestephens on June 18, 2012, 12:04:25 pm

SO ANGRY!!
Mr Fox made away with 9!!!! of our hens last night, cant beleive a fox could eat that many in one go. At least for the kids sake there are just feathers everywhere, no leftovers.
Any chance of some others hiding and maybe come back later??

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: nic99 on June 18, 2012, 12:52:03 pm

Ah no! That's so sad. Do you keep your hens anywhere near the pigs? If so that's the end of my theory of the smell of the pigs keeping foxes away from mine.

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: thestephens on June 18, 2012, 01:01:23 pm

Boris the boar and Poppy are immediately next door to them just now so unfortunately that theory isnt going to work, my girls hoped that some of them had run into the pigs house for safety!

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: sabrina on June 18, 2012, 03:42:25 pm

fox will have hidden the chickens to eat later.

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: hughesy on June 18, 2012, 05:07:03 pm

I used to think that pigs kept foxes away too. Sadly it isn't the case.

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: thestephens on June 18, 2012, 07:43:23 pm

Quote from: sabrina on June 18, 2012, 03:42:25 pm

fox will have hidden the chickens to eat later.

well i hope he is in agony today gorging himself on 9 hens!!

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: Mammyshaz on June 18, 2012, 10:11:25 pm

 :bouquet: that's awful

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: smudger on June 19, 2012, 12:56:09 am

Sorry for your loss. Never lost that many in one go, but give a warning that now he knows where he can get his chicken dinner he will be back . suggest you keep hens in or a few days/ week. remainder will probably be traumatised as well.

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: crosser on June 19, 2012, 04:19:33 pm

we also had 9 hens go missing and followed the trail of feathers to find fox and cubs..  so probably fox and cubs took them...

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: thestephens on June 19, 2012, 06:27:30 pm

never thought of a whole family of them!!!!
Next Scottish poultry sale anyone??
Father in law even commented he missed the noise of the bought by mistake cockeral!

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: omnipeasant on June 19, 2012, 07:44:45 pm

You do know that pigs will kill poultry sometimes.

Sorry to hear about the fox raid.

Title: Re: Mr Fox
Post by: thestephens on June 19, 2012, 09:07:58 pm

definately not the pigs, not a feather in their area! Although we did find a dead pheasant once in their pen,
but couldnt have been that tasty!