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Musolff2015
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Thanks! I never even really looked at my profile on here yet. I'll update it later tonight.
The fox got him by jumping inside the run at night/early morning. Lack of knowledge on my part and I learned the hard way we were scrounging for time building the coop and I needed to get them outside as they were cramped in the dog kennel and panting with it being 65 so we put up the 1st 4' of chicken wire on bottom and planned to do the rest a few days later. At that point I also didnt know they could chew through chicken wire or I would have spent the extra money getting hardware cloth. Also didnt know they could climb fence or jump 4ft. I wasnt worried about coons for the time being as nobody has saw the coons around in the past 3yrs. When I went out and saw the murder scene I instantly assumed coon until I read that fox were able to do all of the above and not even 10 mins after I cleaned him up the stupid thing came back In the yard, daylight as we were all in the yard and wouldnt leave until I let my dog out after him. Then later that day came back another 5 times.
I've had them locked in the coop house at night ever since and they are only in the run during the day when we are home and free roam when we are physically outside with them. My pitbull has taken on her role as nanny dog to them just like she is our kids so I'm not worried when shes out with them. Even when we got the ducklings and my drake was being an ass and charging at them she would jump up and put herself between the 2.
Also hawks and other predator birds are very rarely seen around here, I never even saw one the entire time I worked on the dairy farm with cats and what not everywhere. We do have a jungle gym with coverag, a large table, pines and leave the coop doors open while out (tin roof coop/run) so they do have quite a bit of coverage for our yard size. We did have an owl that would sit in our front yard the 1st year we were here but havnt saw it since (2 yrs) but once again in the coop at night.
Either fox or coon were in the front yard last night though. Could hear them chattering but couldnt see. My dog had hair raised and was pointing smelling and did a search around the back yard fence but must not have saw them either. I'd sware coon except the night the fox came back it sounded exactly like coon chatter mins before he jumped into our fence
The fox got him by jumping inside the run at night/early morning. Lack of knowledge on my part and I learned the hard way we were scrounging for time building the coop and I needed to get them outside as they were cramped in the dog kennel and panting with it being 65 so we put up the 1st 4' of chicken wire on bottom and planned to do the rest a few days later. At that point I also didnt know they could chew through chicken wire or I would have spent the extra money getting hardware cloth. Also didnt know they could climb fence or jump 4ft. I wasnt worried about coons for the time being as nobody has saw the coons around in the past 3yrs. When I went out and saw the murder scene I instantly assumed coon until I read that fox were able to do all of the above and not even 10 mins after I cleaned him up the stupid thing came back In the yard, daylight as we were all in the yard and wouldnt leave until I let my dog out after him. Then later that day came back another 5 times.
I've had them locked in the coop house at night ever since and they are only in the run during the day when we are home and free roam when we are physically outside with them. My pitbull has taken on her role as nanny dog to them just like she is our kids so I'm not worried when shes out with them. Even when we got the ducklings and my drake was being an ass and charging at them she would jump up and put herself between the 2.
Also hawks and other predator birds are very rarely seen around here, I never even saw one the entire time I worked on the dairy farm with cats and what not everywhere. We do have a jungle gym with coverag, a large table, pines and leave the coop doors open while out (tin roof coop/run) so they do have quite a bit of coverage for our yard size. We did have an owl that would sit in our front yard the 1st year we were here but havnt saw it since (2 yrs) but once again in the coop at night.
Either fox or coon were in the front yard last night though. Could hear them chattering but couldnt see. My dog had hair raised and was pointing smelling and did a search around the back yard fence but must not have saw them either. I'd sware coon except the night the fox came back it sounded exactly like coon chatter mins before he jumped into our fence
