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Sylvia

  • Joined Aug 2009
Chickens all gone
« on: August 23, 2012, 04:15:26 pm »
A fox got into my "fox-proof" run last night and killed all my poultry.  It has left me feeling stunned and sickened. I am looking for some now who will come a few nights and shoot foxes.

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2012, 04:21:16 pm »
Awww Sylvia thats such a shame.  I see the fox here most nights and live in fear of waking up to the same fate.
I hope you can find someone to come and help you
Sally
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deepinthewoods

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Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2012, 04:23:33 pm »
oh sylvia im soooo sorry to hear that.
your not having a good run of things at the mo, my thougths are with you.xx :tree:

in the hills

  • Joined Feb 2012
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2012, 04:27:53 pm »
 :bouquet:  Sorry Sylvia.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2012, 05:31:31 pm »
 :'( What a shame.

Greenmoor

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Lancashire
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2012, 05:32:18 pm »
 :( Sorry to hear your sad news.

HelenVF

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2012, 05:39:38 pm »
How awful.  Bad enough to lose a couple, but the whole lot!!  Really sorry :(

Helen

Sudanpan

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • West Cornwall
    • Movement is Life
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2012, 05:44:07 pm »
Know exactly how you feel  :'( :'(  We lost all ours in one hit last year.


 :hug: :hug:

suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2012, 06:05:29 pm »
Awww Sylvia - sorry to hear that. We have a fine cuckoo maran cockerel - FTGH - if you want to start again and need a cockerel


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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2012, 06:26:23 pm »
Oh no Sylvia - what a terrible shock  :hug: :hug: :hug:  Poor chooks  :furious:
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clydesdaleclopper

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2012, 07:11:55 pm »
That's awful  :hug:
Our holding has Anglo Nubian and British Toggenburg goats, Gotland sheep, Franconian Geese, Blue Swedish ducks, a whole load of mongrel hens and two semi-feral children.

HappyHippy

  • Guest
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2012, 07:23:20 pm »
Sorry to hear about your chickens  :gloomy:
Too far away to come and help, but I think even if you 'take out' your resident ones, others might move in to their place  :-\
We have foxes here (lots of them !) and we never lost any of ours to them - I was told that the smell of pigs would keep the foxes away. Might it be worth keeping your chicken house close to the pigs ? (If it's not already) Hope you get the bu**er  :fc:

Brucklay

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • Perthshire
    • Brucklay Pygmy Goats
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Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2012, 07:31:24 pm »
So sorry for you Sylvia - that must be just awful - shooting here on the estate stopped this year - we've lost 3 ducks to the fox - I live in fear and am very punctual at bed time now  :gloomy:
Pygmy Goats, Shetland Sheep, Zip & Indie the Border Collies, BeeBee the cat and a wreak of a building to renovate!!

Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Durham
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2012, 07:36:05 pm »
 :bouquet: awful news. So sorry t hear this Sylvia  :hug:

manian

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: Chickens all gone
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2012, 07:39:19 pm »
we lost some a while back :gloomy: :'(
 :bouquet: :bouquet: for you

 

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