Fox showing up daytime

[Teagal]

What can I do to get rid of this problem? has wiped out 20 of my girls over the past week in the day time. I am down to 4.

 

[Neggative]

shoot it... or have somebody...

 

[Neggative]

and it could be sick if its howing up in daytime

 

[Neggative]

showing i mean...lol

 

[Neggative]

and im sorry about your loss... i had similair things happen with my chickens except by hawks...

 

[Kiki]

I vote for shooting it too.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Trish1974]

What can I do to get rid of this problem? has wiped out 20 of my girls over the past week in the day time. I am down to 4.

You will have to keep them in a predator-proof pen. Yeah you can shoot that one, but there will always be more.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Gosh, eating that many hens in a week makes me think she may have babies. I would get a secure run set up and .make sure its 1000% predator proof because if I'm right, soon she wont be the only one showing up.

 

[texsuze]

IMHO your first responsibility is to predator-proof your setup. We've had foxes moving around for years, close to my free-ranging chickens (daylight roaming does not always equal disease...) but I have 5' no-climb fencing, field fence aprons attached to the bottom of the fence, and electric tape & wire along either top and/or bottom all around. Is my barnyard predator-proof? Only time will tell, but I've been fortunate with this setup for a few years now.

Shooting one fox won't keep others away. Focus efforts on your facilities.

 

[Yardmom]

Fox or coyote??? Coyotes hunt in packs and don't have the smell. We had a loss of 3 at once (day time) the same day you wrote this. We were home and heard the dog bark saving the rest. I have the flock locked up for now. We will be letting them out for a few hours in the afternoons next week. Unfortunately it will probably take longer than that for the coyotes to move on.