Thanks! :) Yeah, the fox gets them in the middle of the day, so over the last few months we have just kept them in the coop, and the small coop run. Unfortunately, this has led to poorer living conditions of course for our 8 chickens. We JUST bought and built up a bigger run around the coop for...
Thank you very much that is all very good advice! We have tried using a call that sounds like a rabbit, but no luck. We'll keep trying though! Thank you very much!
Nah, calling the cops would do them no good. It's free reign in my town, if you have a wild animal getting after your livestock of any kind, you are free to trap, kill, change the home whatever. :) I've checked with the town to make sure killing off the pesky pests was ok. I think this person is...
*Sigh* We have tried the bait and wait. I'm not a gun person, so have no idea what kind of gun my hubby has, but it is pretty quiet. Just a "Pop". We will try again though. Good suggestions for bait? We have used raw chicken bits, but he never comes by when my man is out there. The thing is crafty.
I have a neighbor who lives three houses down and around a corner from us. They are nice people, but they have a bad habit. They like to throw out hard boiled eggs. FOR THE FOX that lives under their wood pile. The thing has fox kits EVERY YEAR. I know that this is the fox we have lost chickens...