I had a fox kill several of my birds. I finally took one of the dead birds and laid it out near the coops and set leg traps abound the body. The fox will be back for more. In total it killed 11 of my birds and I was tired of going out and finding dead birds. It would kill them and drag the dead bird out of the pen and then go back and kill another and drag it out. The next morning after putting the traps out the evening before, there was the fox caught in the traps. with a bird in it's mouth. I shot it and now it is in Fox heaven. I didn't catch it in my live trap. I had it out for several night. I hated to shoot it but I did check with our local wildlife and game office and they said they aren't endangered and since it was killing my birds I could kill it. The only problem with live trapping and relocating, I may be giving another chicken owner the same problem. One morning in my local donut shop, I overheard some fellows talking about someone was catching skunks somewhere else and releasing them in our area. At the time we had several skunks and one night it was quite late and I was very late putting some older chicks in their coop. Their pop door was partially shut so they couldn't get in. When I realized that I had forgotten to put them in I went out and there was a skunk digging under their run. I stomped my feet to scare off the skunk and it just looked at me and stomped it feet like to say "who do you think you are". I went in and got my gun and there it was still so I shot it. I also had live traps out and in one trap I caught 2 skunks. All total I caught 11 skunks.
, There are quite alot of good deals out here still if you are prepared to do a bit of renovation. I absolutely love it, and as far as dangerous.... well i have seen a whole lot less crime than i did in west kendall... where i lived for 16 yrs... i think i even saw more crime when i lived in pinecrest!
