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Post by quinny on Jun 6, 2011 20:47:36 GMT
I know it has been mentioned before but at the minute I hate the blady things!!!
They have to wiped out nearly all of my mums chickens.. 10 Have totally dissappeared there are 11 dead in the run and the other 12 are all a petrified!!!
My mum is gutted...I dont like my mum being upset..
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Post by brindlerainbow on Jun 6, 2011 20:52:32 GMT
Be extra vigilant as it will definately be back  Cubs are starting to be born so they are looking for extra food. Poor chickens and poor mum |
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Post by quinny on Jun 6, 2011 20:54:54 GMT
I know horrible things!! She had not long let them out into the bigger run..
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Post by Milliesmum on Jun 6, 2011 21:51:10 GMT
Ring the local hunt and see if the terriermen will come round.
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Post by Tywood on Jun 6, 2011 22:37:54 GMT
I know just how you feel the same has happened to me, it started when we noticed our 'pet' orpington cockerel was missing, and thought someone had taken him, then over the next couple of days five more went missing, the only thing though that seemed unusual is that there was no evidence/feathers left anywhere, so again we thought they had been taken, then the next morning my husband had got up early just after it had become light and there was a large dog fox in the garden around the chicken run, luckily they were all shut in and he couldn't get them. But as I said I don't know how he got the others without leaving any feathers, especially the orpington, as anyone who knows what this breed is like will know what size/weight they are and the others didn't make lots of noise or anything. I thought they always left a trail of destruction like at noddy's. Now they are locked away every night. |
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Post by libbigail on Jun 7, 2011 6:49:56 GMT
Don't get me started on foxes! I was out at b****y 5 o clock this morning after being woken up by the racket the hens were making. Lots of young foxes about means they will come out when it's lighter than they usually would do looking for food. Hope you get it sorted  |
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Post by bomerang on Jun 7, 2011 12:36:52 GMT
I used to be a bit "on the fence" re foxes, but I can only say that since the ban on hunting, I have totally gone against them, they are breeding freely and a few weeks agao one of them got my neighbours cat and then another one has come walking into my conservatory, AND I have a dog who scares them off! i think if something isnt done about it soon we are going to have more terrible incidences of them attacking people, even if hunting ioesnt kill them, at least it makes them very wary of man and dogs.
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Post by vikki on Jun 7, 2011 17:37:05 GMT
Well i was driving to the yard on sunday morning about 7am through are local park that is full of sheep and a fox ran if frount of me and got a lamb by the throat and killed it in broad day light right next to my car while i was beeping my horn at it i open my door to scar it and it would not go by the time i got it away from the lamb the lamb was dead! Really shook me up. I really do ot like fox's. Sorry for graphic story but people need to know they are not cute animals.
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Post by ladywell on Jun 7, 2011 19:48:27 GMT
The other night something (fox or badger) got into a hen coop housing our dear little silver spangled wyandot banty. It had forced the pophole up, gone in - killed & half eaten her. She didn't lay eggs anymore as she was so old but she was a character and part of our yard. I couldn't have thought of a worse death for her.
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Post by libbigail on Jun 7, 2011 19:50:43 GMT
Well i was driving to the yard on sunday morning about 7am through are local park that is full of sheep and a fox ran if frount of me and got a lamb by the throat and killed it in broad day light right next to my car while i was beeping my horn at it i open my door to scar it and it would not go by the time i got it away from the lamb the lamb was dead! Really shook me up. I really do ot like fox's. Sorry for graphic story but people need to know they are not cute animals. They're so bold aren't they, don't even flinch when I try and get them away from the hens  |
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Post by ladywell on Jun 7, 2011 19:54:01 GMT
I think part of the problem is that stupid people feed them so they get over confident.
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Post by quinny on Jun 7, 2011 21:14:50 GMT
This one has taken 8 and they have totally disappeared not a trace nothing GONE! But it has killed 11 more and just left them there.
We are thinking there must of been a family of them as there was 30 chickens altogether and now we only have 12 left.
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Post by zarah on Jun 8, 2011 6:07:53 GMT
I think part of the problem is that stupid people feed them so they get over confident. Yes and because they are feeding them and not scaring them away they are getting into peoples houses. just like squirrels which are very dangerous when in the house. A squirrel got in mums house took her an hour to get it out. Totally wrecked her room luckily she didnt get bitten but what if a baby had been sleeping or playing in the room? |
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Post by tulip on Jun 8, 2011 14:45:52 GMT
Yes, my neighbours feed them. Argggg. Leave out chicken bones, then the birds peck them, fly over us and drop them. Then it got stuck in the dogs teeth. Frankly the neighbours and foxes both need hunting down and knocking off.
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Post by teri on Jun 8, 2011 14:50:45 GMT
My Friend had all her ducks killed other night, bl***y fox ripped off back of the shed to get in. The poor Goose survived, must have faught it off but she is totally traumatised poor thing!!
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Post by ladywell on Jun 8, 2011 19:33:14 GMT
I agree - a lot of the problem is down to the idiots who feed them! They are not pets - they are creatures who should live it the wild - they have always be a concern to livestock farmers but never like they are now because some idiots think it is OK to encourage them to become part or our 'culture' - I have hear people round here say 'Look at these pictures I have taken of a fox or badger in my garden'. These people are idiots who don't live in, or understand the real wild world of nature. Rant over!!
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Post by muffymoo on Jun 9, 2011 12:18:35 GMT
I agree - a lot of the problem is down to the idiots who feed them! They are not pets - they are creatures who should live it the wild - they have always be a concern to livestock farmers but never like they are now because some idiots think it is OK to encourage them to become part or our 'culture' - I have hear people round here say 'Look at these pictures I have taken of a fox or badger in my garden'. These people are idiots who don't live in, or understand the real wild world of nature. Rant over!! These are poeple who think they are cute fluffy red dogs......my sisiter is one of these people who does'nt understand and will not listen to me when i tell her how horrible they can be! I have to admit I think they are beautiful creatures but a d**n pain in the ass and having seen one run off with my favourite yard kitten before Im not a fan |
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Post by heathers on Jun 10, 2011 7:50:44 GMT
i hate them ever since one attacked my cat,we are over run with them
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2011 8:15:51 GMT
I firmly believe it was a very backward step banning hunting, this is what it brings about.....
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Post by Welshy86 on Jun 10, 2011 9:01:33 GMT
I firmly believe it was a very backward step banning hunting, this is what it brings about..... hear hear.. no controls over the numbers of them and they are becoming more suburban looking for food etc |
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Post by tabbyx on Jun 10, 2011 13:44:54 GMT
Mum and I were sat watching TV at around half 7 the other night,we are right next to the chicken coop. When we heard an almighty racket,looked out the window,nothing round it,thought the bantem cockeral had started them off(he's the noisy one) five minutes later they start off again,look out the window and there is a rather large,young fox trotting along the outside of the coop. I ran out and scared it off but the poor chickens are terrified.
A friend of mine used to feed one,I completely flipped at her when she told me,but she kept saying oh it wouldn't hurt anything it's just a harmless little fox!
Bring back fox hunting!
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Post by ladywell on Jun 10, 2011 17:10:36 GMT
Whilst I am not anti fox hunting I think that is only part of the answer - they can't hunt in subarban areas where idiots feed them!! People should realise that these are wild animals and should be treated as such - not something to encourage into your garden for your own gratification.
Wildlife programmes on TV are brilliant - but they have a lot to answer for!!
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Post by pipandflo on Jun 12, 2011 11:38:52 GMT
We had regular visits until I invested in a mains electric fence unit. It runs 3 wires all round the garden and has kept all foxes and badgers (who are just as bad) at bay. The added bonus was when all our neighbours shed were robbed and my daughter came in the next morning and said the fence was shorting out for the first time ever. We think the burglars tried to come over in the dark and got the shock of their lives, hopefully with their leg each side!
Happy to give anyone details of fence if you want to PM me
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Post by sundance20 on Jun 13, 2011 12:31:04 GMT
A fox regularly visits my rabbit & guinea pig hutches at night
but at the yard my mother feeds the blooming thing all the dog food from our shop thats passed it sell by date etc....
strange family theres me that despises them and mother who likes them
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Post by creagybear on Jul 25, 2011 22:03:33 GMT
are neighbours feed them.... we have shot 18 since january but have a massive dog fox attaking ours at the moment it killed 11 chickens and 9 ducks didnt take 1 we use barbed wire instead of electric they are forever becoming bugger and braver
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Post by leeann on Jul 26, 2011 10:48:06 GMT
Oh dont get me started!!
Sorry to hear about your mum's chickens :-(
Roll on hunting season I cant wait :-) :-)
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Post by brt on Jul 26, 2011 11:07:24 GMT
My Jack Russell guards the chickens at night, but i do fear he may well get into trouble with the fox as he is a blooming big one and my JRT is a mini!
Upto we have been lucky, but i see the fox of an evening trotting across the fields but he never seems to like going in the field with the horses for some reason, so have moved some ponies into the chicken paddock.
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Post by sageandonion on Jul 26, 2011 13:28:54 GMT
There is one over my Common that is demented, for the last few morning rides it has been running alongside us bounding through the shrubs.
I do find an electric chicken fence surrounding your chicken house and run will keep them right out.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 13:49:58 GMT
My property is enclosed with electric fence at low level, all the way round, to keep the dogs in. It also keeps the foxes out. They sit the otherside of the electric and watch me and the dogs watch them.
It does work xx
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Post by catkin on Jul 26, 2011 16:24:42 GMT
Oh Lovepink, i wish it worked for us. Not so, they hop over!! As do the badgers, rabbits and all sorts of critters!
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Cubs are starting to be born so they are looking for extra food. Poor chickens and poor mum 
