[plumseverywhere]

Spoke to the farmer across the road earlier, he had his friend (local lamper) here within 20 minutes. Turns out this huge dog fox has been causing all sorts of grief in the tiny bit of the village we live in, several people have lost chickens and there are larson traps already set with this man to dispatch any caught. Seems he (the new fox) has also injured the old dog fox as we saw him on 3 legs earlier looking very unwell.

Carl I've pm'd you on FB to say thank you to your B-I-L.   I think as plans are in place already within the 100metre radius of our house it seems a good plan to go with this. The man who came round was lovely, really clued up about foxes/habits etc and was very conscious about having the goats in a separate paddock and the cat shut in. Even showed concern about neighbours being upset by fox being shot so I feel confident in him but appreciate what you are saying Sally - so sorry to read about the cat, that's just so sad.

[Carl f k]

No problem Plums hope it's dealt with soon and you get back on track ASAP(gun icon required) 

[Victorian Farmer]

iff you went far away i would replace you re hens not good head up its only farming as we say

[plumseverywhere]

Thank you VF thats really nice    Have decided to go for Ex-batts this time round to give them a nice home - but only once we've eliminated our 'little' problem.

[Micki]

Hope you get rid of it soon. I have the same problem at the moment. The fox that took my hens isn't afraid of people or dogs and just steadily walks off as you go near it, just need someone to shoot it now.

[plumseverywhere]

Micki - we found our shooter (not sure what correct name is!) via the local farmer. A really lovely man he is, was eager to help and showed us his insurance/gun license, made sure animals (livestock) would be kept safe. hopefully you can find someone similar xx

[chrismahon]

Sounds like a town fox has been caught and released in your area. Happening more and more even though it is illegal- move the problem to someone else without actually dealing with it. If one has been dumped expect more from the same source, so best get your chickens behind good fencing. This is a regular problem in some areas so watch out for vans pulling over into local lay-bys and get a note of the numbers.

[Micki]

Hoping the fox has been dealt with today. The local hunt was around and i saw them after a large fox that looked of similar size to the one that took my chickens.

[plumseverywhere]

Chris, I think we have people releasing them here. I took a pic this morning of a fox stood a few feet in front of me, I held a conversation with it and it never budged, just stood there really cockey (it didn't say much but I told it what I thought of it)
Micki - hope they've got the one that took your hens 

[Carl f k]

Bet u wish u had a gun to hand Lisa!!

[simone]

Was the electric fencing on and at full power? We had a fox try to bite through ours once but it wasn't on full.  We tried to trap it (cage with fish inside) but that didn't work, someone else suggested feeding it and getting to know what time it visited each night then having someone on hand to dispatch it.  In the end our neighbour  managed to get rid of it.

[chrismahon]

Problem is that you are generally secure against a rural fox but if an urban fox is released in your area you have no defence as they hunt in broad daylight and fear nothing. So Plumseverywhere that's what you are dealing with.

[bucketman]

We our lucky here we are in the middle of 2 shooting Estates and the keepers come in for a pint they tell us when they go out Lamping. They said they had seen one on the way here the other night. So said they would go looking for it. But they also said they would be amazed if our got through the winter. Pine matins have already been at the eggs and they cant touch them.