[daddymatty82]

when the hunting was banned

[PetiteGalette]

No daddymatty82!
Here in France between October and February the chasse are out every Thursday and Sunday (and the occasional Saturday for a fox beat) and, guess what? We still have foxes visit our field - I have still seen them hunting mice in our field when I have been working in the veggie plot. MoH has a photo of me hoeing in the potager and a large male fox sat watching me a few yards away.
We have a two-metre high sheep fence around our whole property but keep our sheep, turkeys and chickens behind chicken electric fencing. The rejected lambs are in the corner of the field behind Heras panels  for safety.

[rikkib]

firstly may i apologise for my computer skills to old in the tooth to leatn many years ago i was involved in pest control as a proffesion my knowledge tells me that a fox will scramble over 6 foot fence panelswll fit in holes their heads will fit into and are as agile as a cat and just as cunning one year we had abig problem with fox kills or so we thought the estate i worked on was very remote in the borders of scotland hill country   many lambs of various ages were taken one nights lamping identified the culprits aborder terrier and awell trained gun dog labrador   both belonging to the owners of the estate farm   please look further than the fox before blaming him tthey do leave classic signs when they have made akill or a botched attempt

[in the hills]

Dont worry about your computer skills rikkib. We can understand you and that is all that matters.

Our first Soay lamb was born today and one of the first things my daughter said was that the fox could take it because it was so small. We have locked mum and lamb in the field shelter just for one night. Hope they are safe in there.