Mr or Mrs fox is about.............

[Snadger]

My allotment neighbour lost one chook to a fox a few days ago and nearly lost another whilst he was actually at the plot. He managed to wack it with a stick and it dropped the chook, with only a few feathers missing.
Arrived at alloment today to find out the my neighbour on other side lost both his chooks last night to a fox.

Worrying times, but hopefully mine are better protected than my neighbours. My egg count is down a bit so maybe the fox being about is putting them off?
Sid the cockerel has a bit of blood on his comb today so maybe he's had a go at the fox through the wire.(Woe betide the fox!)...............go on Sid, get the boot in son!

[polo]

Must be getting desperate with cubs and the weather.... Glad glad he was around with a big stick. :-)

[binley100]

My money's on Sid ........scarey times tho' ..

[Aberdeenplotter]

a local golfer, gave a fox on the golf course a whack on the head with a gold club after it stole a chocolate biscuit from his bag.(maybe gave it a few whacks) He was prosecuted and fined £750.

[elizajay]

a local golfer, gave a fox on the golf course a whack on the head with a gold club after it stole a chocolate biscuit from his bag.(maybe gave it a few whacks) He was prosecuted and fined £750.

He could afford it if he was playing with a "gold" club!!

[Snadger]

Dunno if anybody has seen the piccies of the giant rat that was killed locally? Apparently the RSPCA are getting their nickers in a twist about it.

[Aberdeenplotter]

think it was a coy pu. Shyness is an awful thing

[Urban]

Wacked it on the head with a golf club? So basically he tried to kill it, all for a chocolate biscuit, he deserves more than a £750 fine in my opinion

[Two_Sheds]

the RSPCA are getting their nickers in a twist about it.

They are appealing for witnesses: which they ought to do, if someone is going around battering wild animals to death with lumps of wood.

The animal was "moving slowly" ~ well, rats run pretty flipping quick don't they (rat up a drain pipe?), esp. if being chased by a loud shouty biped; it's plausible that it was a coypu not a rat at all. Sadly the evidence (the body) was burned so we'll never know

[Hilary B]

Coypu are a nuisance and shouldn't be around, but unless it was a very wet area, that is a bit unlikely, they are swamp/water dwellers and chew water-reeds (I believe they eat the roots) which makes them very unpopular with people who want to harvest thatching-reed.....

[BarleySugar]

If the chap truly thought it was a rat, he probably acted in panic. He wouldn't want rats of that size on the farm. My Mum killed a rat she found in her rabbit's hutch. The rabbit had killed all its babies because it was disturbed. It was only afterwards when she thought about it that she realised what she had done.
My brother is a farmer and has a phobia about the things. Mind you he wouldn't get close enough to hit one, he relies on bait. They do a lot of damage if they are not controlled. My sister used to use one of his small barns to 'free range her breeding guinea pigs. It was a lovely set up, pens with small shelters for housing, logs etc to scamper over, and plenty of space to exercise. Then the rats moved in, attracted no doubt by the food. Problem was, when she took the food up over night, only leaving hay for them to munch, the rats started killing the guineas. She abandoned the idea and housed them back in hutches.
I know pet ones can be very tame (she had those too), but wild is a different story.

[petal]

Well, I think the golfer was a rotter- but I would probably despatch a fox hanging around my chickens - its there, its seen them, it will never give up.

[angelat]

i know we cant advertise on here but i am looking forward to watching the programme on tv tonight about the foxes.

[VirginVegGrower]

Dunno if anybody has seen the piccies of the giant rat that was killed locally? Apparently the RSPCA are getting their nickers in a twist about it.

I'd sooner see a dead rat than a live one

[lettucegrow!]

We had a fox right by the backdoor last week, me and the cat chased him/her upthe garden path! Dressing gown flapping! (Mine not the cats!) I've realsied he had probably figured out that I've been putting left over cat food in the green waste bin outside the back door. Food on tap. Goes straight in the big bin now.