Author Topic: One of my piglets is missing! (Read 6850 times)

princesspiggy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 25, 2012, 11:57:30 pm »

Quote from: princesspiggy on June 22, 2012, 07:33:17 pm

this year we have lost 2 ducks, a turkey and 2 hens to foxes.

oh no...we found the turkey today sitting on one egg in the bushes .....shame its not fertile.

reedos · « **Reply #16 on:** July 31, 2012, 11:28:11 pm »

Well he didn't turn up and two ducks went missing. I'm away again and somebody has nicked 8 ten week old chickens and their feeders, so it looks like thieves. Beccy is really unsettled, she thinks she may have disturbed the buggers last night and is worried that it happens when I'm not home.

We don't live on our field, live about 100-150 yards away with houses in between. I'm trawling the internet for bear traps - what security does anybody else have? The police helpfully said we needed to rehouse the animals until we could make the field more secure, but didn't say how we did that!

princesspiggy · « **Reply #17 on:** August 01, 2012, 07:36:20 am »

our police told us to get cctv. they didnt offer to pay for it tho. u can padlock the hinge end of gates, but then u only need wirecutters for the fence if ur determined.
very sad as chickens r v portable. xept 6ft fencing, what can u do. mains electric fence?

secuono · « **Reply #18 on:** August 01, 2012, 04:59:48 pm »

If you cannot be there 24/7, I would install security cameras and take the footage to the police. Or, since you have electric, you can hike up your fence where it's too tall for anyone to simply walk over it.