Daytime predator :(

[chickarino]

You can always freeze a couple of milk jugs with water in them.... I put four in a square pattern and they all lay in the middle....a little mini airconditioner

 

[Nicole01]

You can always freeze a couple of milk jugs with water in them.... I put four in a square pattern and they all lay in the middle....a little mini airconditioner

I did this last year. I'll have to save a few milk jugs. The upside of this is I've spent more time with my flock. They hang around me.

 

[MrsRobinson]

You can always freeze a couple of milk jugs with water in them.... I put four in a square pattern and they all lay in the middle....a little mini airconditioner

That is a great idea!

 

[Stonerowfarm]

I've free ranged part of my flock for four years and never had a problem. Until this year. I've had a fox take a bantam, a young jersey giant and now a brahma. This has been over a span of probably five weeks. In one regard, I've been lucky and in another not so much. When he got my jersey I had been in the yard working and only went into the house to get a coffee. In less than 10 minutes he came within a few feet of the house and grabbed the bird. They just don't care once they find a food source. He has sat in the field watching me, waiting for a chance to snatch the birds.

I don't think a regular trap like a live trap will work as they are just too smart. I had two traps set, one with a dead bird and another with stinky chicken. It ignored both of them and just went hunting on another farm.

Good luck with him, keep your .22 handy and by all means, take your DH's advice and learn to handle it first.

 

[Nicole01]

I just bought a fox pelt. I'm going to try and train my dogs to hunt fox and whistle train them to come. This will work great, especially after we get out fence if I can get them to cooperate .

I haven't seen or heard the fox at all today.

 

[spud1035]

I don't have predator problems but my beekeeper does. And he has good luck catching foxes in live traps but his traps are rather large. Funny thing is, he tells me the foxes typically are not the one to kill his chickens, feral cats and loose dogs are. I've have to ask him about what he uses for bait.