Fox got all my chickens

[adamhartree]

Hi all, I have just been woke up this morning to my chickens squawking like mad, I look out the bedroom window and there is feathers everywhere.I can't believe it. They are in a double doored locked hutch. He has managed to kill all the chooks. The poor poor things I can't believe it. Best of all, the bloody fox was still standing on the fence looking at me, I swear if I had a gun, ;-(. So upset :-(

[adamhartree]

The bloody thing has taken all the heads n left the chickens them selves. Cant believe it. What is the point.;-(

[veggiechicken]

I'm so sorry Adam. I've been through it myself and I know how you must feel at the moment. Bloody foxes

[roitelet]

Really sorry Adam, We have been lucky so far but had to clear up a massacre for a friend. Not nice

[Nicos]

Oh dear- such sad news. I'm sorry you've had to experience that. We all do our utmost to keep our gals safe.
How did it get in?

[adamhartree]

It had opened the outer door which has a lock on it like a bathroom lock and then opened the second door which is like a draw bridge door, bloody things. It wasthe biggest fox I have ever seen aswell. Has anyone ever been attacked before and managed to keep chickens after the attack?.

[kathyd]

Poor things . Sorry to hear about it.

[RichmondHens]

Sorry to hear it Adam, what a horrible start to your weekend.

[elizajay]

Really sorry to hear about your hens. I have lost a few and know well the awful sight of feathers everywhere.

[Bren In Pots]

Really sorry to read your post Adam.

[petal]

Oh how awful, not a nice thing to have to clear up. I do feel for you.
I have a friend in london who has constructed a small electric fence perimeter around his eglu. He lost 2 trios of chickens before that yet in 3 years has had no problems. There is hope! Urinating copiously around the outskirts of the garden helped and bags of human hair may of helped. I appreciate thats not everyones cup of tea.
You 'can' get someone to set a humane fox trap, please don't unless they return with a gun - the eejits dump them out in the field behind me and they get stressed, starved etc then shot.
A fox takes an opportunity- uses it, kills all- then carefully takes bodies away to bury,in its 'larder' one by one....if interrupted it flees. Hope this helps- don't give up but reinforce.

[Feral007]

Sorry to hear that. One of the reasons I don't have chooks. There are just too many foxes round here, as you'd expect in the country. It's horrible to see what they do.

I don't know about foxes, but I do know people who've put up a small electric fence after having domestic dogs get in and kill their chooks.

[frias]

That's really sad. (((((Big Hug)))))

There are lots of foxes around here. Have seen them during the day sunning themselves and often get woken at night by their noise. I invested in an eletric fence about 5 years ago and think it's money well spent for piece of mind. Both my son and daughters dogs have touched it and now give it a wide berth.

[Nicos]

A couple of years ago we spotted 5 foxes together behind our chook field

Since then,we bought a floppy electric fence, and we've had absolutely no probs.
We now have 5 geese and several bunnies free ranging inside the fence with our 18 chooks during the daytime with no probs.
We still cross our fingers day and night as we have buzzards and other birds of pray hovering overhead- PLUS foxes and weasels in the immediate locality!

We just do our best don't we?

[Feral007]

A couple of years ago we spotted 5 foxes together behind our chook field

Since then,we bought a floppy electric fence, and we've had absolutely no probs.
We now have 5 geese and several bunnies free ranging inside the fence with our 18 chooks during the daytime with no probs.
We still cross our fingers day and night as we have buzzards and other birds of pray hovering overhead- PLUS foxes and weasels in the immediate locality!

We just do our best don't we?

Oh Nicos you just reminded me! In spring I have seen the eagles and chicken hawks hovering over our farm (we don't have baby animals) but then you see they are watching one of the cats or a small dog - best watch out for the new fluffly white dog this spring!