fox attack information needed please!!!!!!

[melissa41927]

i have been losing chickens left and right, and always during the day. well at 3:00pm i was walking to the mailbox when i looked into the woods and saw what i thought was a large cat with a fuzzy tail walking thru the woods. i have three cat and just assumed that it was one of them. well one of my hens started hollering, she ran out of the woods with a red fox right on her tail. i yelled at it and it ran back into the woods. i came to the porch and all of the chickens and ducks are surrounding the back porch. they are afraid to go back to their coop. so far i have lost 5 layers, 2 lf buff cochin hens, and about 25 chicks, pullet, and roos. i need help. what do i do? i can't leave them cooped up during this 100 degree weather.

 

[muddyhorse]

i finally had to build a fence they have a 50x 100 run

they get to go out when I'm out but otherwise they have to be in

 

[Germaine_11.20]

I am having the same issue. A fox or foxes have picked of between 30-50 birds in the past few months.

The fox come in the day as I just found out last week (didn't know that)

So muddyhorse, how high is the fence. I read that fox can climb. Also, how do you get them to go in there and back in their coop without free ranging? Is the fence built around the coop?

 

[Turner]

Fence, buried fence, electric fence, fence with top on it. You have heard of sly as a Fox....once they know where dinner is they will be unrelenting! Good Luck!

 

[chkn]

Oh man, you have to have them fenced in somehow because otherwise, especially up against the woods, it's a 24 hour buffett. You could field fence your entire yard or fence a small area of your yard. The reality is you can still have problems with hawks. I haven't had too much trouble with hawks with the full grown larger breed chickens but young ones and small breeds. If I did, I'd have to at least net their large day time pen. I do know people do have problems with hawks an chickens of any size. You still need to have them completely enclosed top and bottom at night. I have seen plenty of big cats out during the day and for them a fence wouldn't be much of a deterrant. For a bear, they'll just go through the fence.