Fox in the hen house!

[KBfishing]

So I got a call from the neighbor the other day saying he just had a fox kill a chicken in front of him.  I told him I saw the fox around my other neighbors house the other day. Well, we found the den...chicken feathers, egg shells, and deer legs. Set up a wifi cam and it has been blowing up. I got a sound clip of the camera setup

with my youngest son too. 🤣

Edited April 21, 2020 by KBfishing

[NotJust22s]

That's nature my friend, fox gotta eat too.

[KBfishing]

[KBfishing]

14 minutes ago, NotJust22s said:

That's nature my friend, fox gotta eat too.

 

[Farmshine]

Murder him


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[Zipper]

Traps are your friend 

[gobblergetter]

Something tells me the fox's future ain't bright.

[MRMCR]

Fox killed mine last fall........took me a long time to find out how he got in.....I had built the coop and pen next to a shed, he tunneled under the shed and then came out behind the coop and squeezed through, really tight......it wass fun while it lasted and we enjoyed the eggs, probably do it again but with much better security.........

[Swamp_Yankee]

2 hours ago, MRMCR said:

Fox killed mine last fall........took me a long time to find out how he got in.....I had built the coop and pen next to a shed, he tunneled under the shed and then came out behind the coop and squeezed through, really tight......it wass fun while it lasted and we enjoyed the eggs, probably do it again but with much better security.........

I'm building my coop and run right now on an old cinder block building foundation-it was a sheep barn.  The blocks go about 16" below grade as far as I can tell and there should be some kind of footing under that.  Regardless, it's just a perimeter wall with a dirt floor so I spread welded wire across the entire floor and covered it with compacted QP.  

Edited April 21, 2020 by Swamp_Yankee

[Buck154]

Fox are every where's. Very adaptable to humans. And will take any opportunity for a easy meal. RIP fox

[Bad64chevelle]

That sucks , we lost all 10 of ours last year . Two separate instances . First one , when I think a fox got in through a small passage . Two weeks later a groundhog tunneled under the coupe and a raccoon went in and killed them . Never saw the groundhog hole until it was too late . Needless to say my nephew loved coming to feed the chickens and was pretty upset when they weren’t there to feed . Both the Groundhogs ,  and raccoons, all paid the ultimate price not long after that .  

[tcook8296]

I have some heavy duty wire shelves for warehouse racking that are pretty strong. No predators getting through this stuff. Would make a great floor for a chicken coop and the best part about them is they are free. 

I have 7 of them

[KBfishing]

Gathering intelligence.