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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: harry on March 03, 2010, 06:31:50 pm

Title: chickens kill fox
Post by: harry on March 03, 2010, 06:31:50 pm

on my local news today 6.30pm LOOK EAST theres a story about 2 chickens that killed a fox, you may be able to see it again on the bbc website.......... i had one like that it would wait till you turned your back and it would charge you... it went down our famous chicken roundabout in norfolk

Title: Re: chickens kill fox
Post by: jameslindsay on March 03, 2010, 06:33:13 pm

I heard about that, apparantly the fox was attacking the cockerel who knocked a bench over on top of the fox and then the hens attacked!! Good old chooks.

Title: Re: chickens kill fox
Post by: harry on March 03, 2010, 06:34:31 pm

dont know it isnt on yet, coming up any minute

Title: Re: chickens kill fox
Post by: Farmer on March 03, 2010, 06:46:35 pm

Chickens ONE - Fox NIL ...what a great story...was the cockerel o.k.?

Farmer,  :farmer:

Title: Re: chickens kill fox
Post by: harry on March 03, 2010, 06:56:13 pm

ok its just been on.. dude the cockeral and izzy the hen... the fox was found dead in the hen house, while the telly was there the cockeral attacked the little girl owner and chased her out of the run... you may be able to watch it on the bbc look east site tommorow. i had one like that it would wait till you turned your back and it would charge at you, it went down our famous chicken rounabout.... google CHICKEN ROUNDABOUT for story and pics

Title: Re: chickens kill fox
Post by: juliag on March 03, 2010, 07:39:10 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXi9mCwCxgY
This should bring it up  ;)

Title: Re: chickens kill fox
Post by: ballingall on March 03, 2010, 08:12:04 pm

I saw this in the paper today- though it said the chickens were all rhode island red's, and the cockeral didn't much look like one!


Beth

Title: Re: chickens kill fox
Post by: harry on March 03, 2010, 08:24:53 pm

THEY WERE A GREY speckeld bird

Title: Re: chickens kill fox
Post by: hunter001 on March 03, 2010, 08:44:12 pm

Check it out here
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Poultry-Revenge-Chickens-Kill-Fox-After-Animal-Breaks-Into-Coop-In-Basildon-Garden/Article/201003115566323?lpos=Strange_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_5&lid=ARTICLE_15566323_Poultry_Revenge%3A_Chickens_Kill_Fox_After_Animal_Breaks_Into_Coop_In_Basildon_Garden

Title: Re: chickens kill fox
Post by: shetlandpaul on March 04, 2010, 10:34:00 am

two cocks and two hens. thats asking for trouble. it sounds like the fox was dead and the hens do what they always do and eat dead things. a seagull dropped a small mackeral sized fish into our chicken field you should have seen them run around and tear it to bits. if a starling is injured they will kill and eat it. they look sweet and innocent but they are probably worse than the fox. think of a man sized cockeral would you go into its run.