foxes

  1. Blue Andalusian

    Fox Predator Problem, Any tips out to get rid of the fox?

    WARNING: Mentions of Dying and Killing will be Included. Okay, a couple of months ago we had a Fox problem. The fox chased away our chickens (most of them) and killed a couple, so we got rid of her. But she was pretty skinny, and now we have another fox. We're guessing it's the Son or Daughter...
  2. bellcole

    Design for solar powered electrical tape to keep out predators (fox & racoon)?

    I've had chickens in several different locations on my property over the last few years, and 3 years ago moved them into their final home, which is a raised coop off the back of a shed, with an automatic door opener, motion activated lights, and a fully fenced run (chicken wire over 2x4 inch...
  3. Bock-Bock-Bagock

    Take Your Guesses

    Could be anything. 🤷‍♂️ So my first flock was going great. Until what I'm told was most likely foxes, took 2 of my 3 ladies. They had just recently started laying and I was getting an egg a day from each. I was concerned about the Rhode Island Red being alone. She was calling out for the...
  4. E

    Will foxes and other predators dig under my electric fence?

    Hello, I want to get a premier one electric fence to do rotational grazing for my chickens, ducks and geese. I have many foxes in my area, but they leave my permanent run alone because it's electrified, has a predator apron and motion detector lights. Will foxes dig under a movable electric...
  5. ZacChickenOwner123

    GCSE Design and Technology Project

    Hi all, I'm doing a GCSE project on protecting chickens from foxes and or making it easier for the owners to care for their chickens. It would great if you guys could answer a few of these questions: 1) Have you lost any chickens to foxes? 2) Was it human error or lack of protection from the...
  6. P

    Fox advice (potential babies)

    I recently moved into a new house and over the past few days as I've been doing yard work I have spotted a red fox several times during the afternoon. There is an overgrown vegetable garden area towards the back of the property I was about to start working on and getting ready plant some stuff...
  7. M

    Pecan Tree Run

    Oh wow, when I had my contractor build a chicken run across the back of the old chicken barn that came with my small country house, I was intimidated. I thought, now I've gone and done it. It's built with heavy timber centers and 2x4s, has a metal skirt buried a foot and a half into the ground...
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  8. P

    Fox problem...

    We have had our 5 chickens for about a year now. No issues with predators up to this point - this weekend one of our girls passed naturally. The next day one was snatched up by a fox and it ran off into the woods with her. I think our coop is very secure - hence not having an issue with this...
  9. andythescot

    Gray foxes—what am I up against?

    Anyone have experience dealing with gray foxes? I heard a pair barking to each other in my yard last night and saw one slinking along our stone wall when I went out to investigate. My coop is predator-proof, but my run is only mostly predator-proof. It’s chain-link fence with a chicken wire...
  10. Fourblackhens

    Foxes and chicken behaviour

    Hi everyone, I'm brand new to BYC but not so much to owning chickens. I recently moved to country NSW (Aus) and had 4 lovely Black Australorp/New Hampshire pullets which free ranged in our garden during the day and were put in their run/coop every afternoon and padlocked in. A few nights ago I...
  11. Rustysflock

    Advice needed for fox proof run

    Hi all We are currently building a much bigger enclosure for our beloved feathered friends. Out current one has a roof but this one is built around and incorporating our 15 year old oak trees. At the moment we have dug the mesh about half a foot into the ground and built up stone then earth on...
  12. Rustysflock

    Advice needed for fox proof run

    Hi all We are currently building a much bigger enclosure for our beloved feathered friends. Out current one has a roof but this one is built around and incorporating our 15 year old oak trees. At the moment we have dug the mesh about half a foot into the ground and built up stone then earth on...
  13. Mckennas poultry

    Male duck missing without a trace

    So the other day my drake and one of his mates went down to the pond to have one of those “party nights” that ducks seem to have in the warm weather I tried to get them into the coop before but it turned out in them hiding away for a day so I decided to let them both stay in, he has another mate...
  14. Mary's Backyard Chickens

    What ate my chickens??

    Help! I recently had 3 chickens killed and eaten. When I went outside, I saw only one of them laying there. It had no head, no feathers, no meat. All it had was rib bones and chicken legs laying there and a little blood. But, I want to know what type of animal most likely did that...
  15. L

    Advice on fox proofing!

    Hello! I’m looking for some advice as I’m getting three silkie chicks and I want to make sure that their coop and run is as fox proof as possible. I have attached a picture of the run that I’ve bought and also of the chicks that will soon be coming to their new home ☺️ I will be purchasing run...
  16. Trapping a Fox!

    Trapping a Fox!

    So you've headed down to the coop to find all your precious ones have been beheaded by a fox? Nothing is more devastating to a keeper of poultry than such a sight. You've lovingly tended your birds throughout their lives so far, given them the best of food, the best and safest of accommodation...
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  17. Franny Bluhm

    Chickens and quail

    We are Ken and Franny , "trying" to retire in NW lower Michigan. Many projects entice us. We've raised several batches of chickens over the last 15 years both meat birds and layers. We get attached to our layers and roosters. The last chickens we raised was about 10 years ago until this spring...
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