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haha...My boyfriend can go out, call them and then point at the run and say "ok, fun time is over, time to go to bed, so get in the run" and they do!!!! When I first saw him do this I almost fell over laughing....they just walk right in....LOL....Me, I usually have to herd them and there's one...

Are you sure it's a fox? Raccoons and skunks will kill just to kill....usually rip the heads off, also weasels will too. The fox that got my girls....3 this year...took all of them from the yard and ate them....I've never just found a dead hen....always feathers and no hen....

That's good.....I wish I didn't have foxes! We have a zillion red tailed hawks here and never once has one tried to take a hen...we think the fox ate all the rabbits, cause we had a yard full and then poof! they were gone too....I hope you have continued luck with no losses! :)

well again....i would take inventory of your predators and let them out for a bit and watch them. I turned my back for 10mins and when i turned around the ******* fox had one and running across the yard with it! Just saying...be aware, with a rooster watching them all this time, i'm pretty...

yeah we have a hen who is acting like a Roo or was till 2 sundays ago...and then she ran head over tail for cover when the fox grabbed one and came back for #2.....just depends on how much you want your hens,....let them get out there and see how they do....just be aware...a...

We've had 4 of ours taken by fox. Every time, they always leave behind a small/med size pile of feathers, esp. if the girls were out ranging. Only once did it grab one in the coop and it left feathers everywhere!

Thanks, we are going to try that....cool and a little cloudy today, so we off to snag a fox! or 2!

Well when this happened in April of this year and we lost 2, we tried sardines but they weren't interested, the cats were, but not the fox! So we might just try this. We aren't sure if this the same fox from April or another set that has moved in. We "blew" the den apart from April and think...

thanks....yeah well all I had access to was the shotgun, BF will make sure we have better firepower for future fox hunting!

Well....fox got another one of my girls! Bit and tore out all the tail feathers of another....and one ran off into the woods and can't find her! I cleaned up the one that is left, she's got quite a few slices on her side and maybe a puncture hard to tell, I put antibiotic ointment on it and...

If you don't want to wait on the mealworms, you could always give them some fresh corn....drop the kernals as you are walking back the run...I found out with my original 4 when they were young, the LOVED hot dogs! of all things ! LOL....raw hot dogs....It was like the pied piper at dusk! ;)

congrats!

LOL....I know right! who knew chickens could get an attitude!

Didn't know that...surprised mine have any feathers then...lol..they are always on alert & jumping straight up in the air...example: the other day cut a cucumber in half and put in bowl...they were pecking away and one hit it hard and it flipped up in the air....Marie came off the ground about...

well they are fast! i was out, went in for like 3 mins came out and it was taking off the with sec. one! so yea....very fast and sneaky! :(

I am so sorry Good.....when I lost my 2 in one day....same thing feathers everywhere and it was a fox......apparently they gave a good fight!

I would do that MT.....keep them inside for a day or 3.... I had to do that the other day with 2 1.5yr old RIR's/Comets?.....they were all laying 3 eggs a day....my other RIR Gladys is on a every other day schedule...we think these 2 hens are Comets? At least someone said they may...

Mine were free-ranged from the time they were pullets......a little out time every day..they.always went back in the run & coop at night...when they started laying they went right to the nest boxes....I think you should just let them do their thing...you'll hear them when they are...

I am so sorry for your brother's loss of his flock katatonic.

I let them out around 9am...BF lets them out if I have to leave early.....otherwise we run errands maybe gone for a couple hours....the new girls I adopted are very skittish and very good about running either into the run, the shed or under the deck when the crows start cawing.....Marie is...