It's amazing how quickly we get attached to these birds. I sure do care about mine. I've been home 15 minutes and I've already given them a slice of bread and held half of them.
This is what happens if I forget my evening ritual, they come up on the deck and tap on the window.
If you've got...
That is awesome...it is so much easier when you have someone with experience right there to help. Let your friend help you. If you go ahead on your own, and the fox triggers whatever trap type you use...and the fox gets away. That fox just went from ignorant to educated...it will be very...
Yes a cat can easily kill both a pullet and a dove.
But you mentioned that all you found were feathers, no body, no blood, etc. It would also be challenging for a cat to carry off a pullet, not impossible, just not probable. Big 25lb alley cat, yeah that's reasonable.
But for practical...
The easiest to use is a cage trap...very basic, and with a nice enticing bait, I've taken fox in a cage trap. 30" X 12" X 12" is the size that I prefer to use...I would advise against using Havahart brand traps, but a lot of people do use then successfully.
The next easiest is a snare set at a...
A good sized fox could be a vixen, getting food for her Kitts.
If it is a vixen:
As long as she is not successful at taking any chickens, eventually she'll give up and look else where.
If she gets even one chicken, then you'll be on her hunting path for a long long time. They are pretty...