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    Dealing with a fox... :/

    Quote: Okay, you seriously just won the thread. As you have instructed, from this point forward I will distrust everything you say. Seriously though, if chickens were a major part of the diets of the foxes where you live, a red fox would never just cross your land. Red foxes hoard food...
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    Dealing with a fox... :/

    theFox - There is a huge difference between a fox occasionally killing a chicken and a fox typically killing chickens. Foxes are omnivorous and the majority of their diets is made up of insects and plant matter with most of the rest of it consisting of rodents and small birds. Chickens do not...
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    Putting My Ducks In A Row

    Thanks for the information, guys! @ shantibirdy - What's your Blue Sweedish like?
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    Bunny Bedding Alternatives?

    Recycled newspaper pellets (like Yesterday's News) work well for rabbits. And adding a bit of baking soda will help to control the ammonia smell.
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    Dealing with a fox... :/

    Quote: Ooo! Okay, that makes a lot more sense. I just didn't want you taking steps to protect your animals from foxes if the real culprit was something else entirely ('cause while marking your area with human and dog smell can help to keep your chickens safe from foxes, it won't do them a lick...
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    Hawk killed all 47 chickens in an hour!

    Keep in mind that it could be a feral dog (or a few feral dogs) just as easily as it could be your neighbors' dog. As others have said, confirm that you have the right animal before you do anything. And remember, if you kill your neighbors' dog and they find out about it they might very well...
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    Dealing with a fox... :/

    Quote: So you honestly believe the OP stood by doing nothing while (s)he watched the fox come out of the woods and run around killing chicken after chicken in his/her own yard? What the OP actually said was "All 5 of my neighbor's chickens were roaming on my lawn when a fox came out of the...
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    Dealing with a fox... :/

    Contrary to popular belief, foxes typically don't kill chickens. Dogs are honestly a much more likely culprit. Foxes tend to avoid interaction with humans (and by extension their livestock) as a matter of course. Dogs, on the other hand, lack the fox's rather profound wariness of the scent of...
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    I don't want my dog anymore . . .

    Quote: Heh. Sorry about that. As far as the lions go, though, you could always tell her what my husband told me when he wanted me to stop messing with large reptiles: when one is the size of a small deer it is best to avoid animals that eat small deer. Stoopid poodles. "Wolf in sheep's...
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    Putting My Ducks In A Row

    Quote: Congrats on your new babies! How much of a difference in volume is there? Are the Welsh Harlequins particularly loud or are they just a bit more chatty than the Cayugas? And are you noticing much of a difference in their dispositions?
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    I don't want my dog anymore . . .

    Quote: lol The short version is that I bought him. The long version is that I did large reptile rescue and had recently gotten out of it when I met a lady who breeds Geoffroy's Cats. There are only about four private individuals and a handful of zoos breeding the little guys in the United...
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    Pack of coyotes circling the coop last night...

    If you're up for getting another dog, you might consider buying a Kuvasz, a Maremma, or a Great Pyrenees. All three breeds have been used to guard sheep from predators (like coyotes) for centuries. And all three breeds have negligible prey drives so they are extremely unlikely to bother any of...
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    Putting My Ducks In A Row

    Quote: Okay, thanks. How are Welsh Harlequins in terms of volume?
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    I don't want my dog anymore . . .

    Quote: I seriously need to try that. My vet and I were joking that if it weren't for his tail I could pass him off as a chihuahua-papillon cross. This'll give you a better idea of what he actually looks like: Quote: lol Aww! That sounds cute. Have any pictures? <3 Quote: lol That was a...
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    I don't want my dog anymore . . .

    Quote: The cute is a lie. Sometimes his true nature would show through when he was a baby (before he got his "poker face" down). See?
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