Fox Sightings should I worry

[cicene mete]

Foxes are all over the place. If you want to free range, even supervised, you have to accept that at some point a predator will at least try to take one of your chickens. I'm of the "do the best you can, but realize nothing is perfect" school. My chickens have a covered run, with an apron, with hot wire running around everything, but I still get nervous because I know that there are literally hundreds of animals all around my property that would love to get their paws on my chickens. I don't free range, because I don't want to take the risk, but when you look at free ranging chickens, they seem so happy, that I understand why other people do.

In the end, I guess it's up to the individual keeper. There are certainly a lot of reasons to free range, but you might have to accept an occasional loss, even if you are supervising.

 

[NateinFL]

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Are you talking about foxes here? That is terrible!!!

 

[arherp]

Lol yeah, it is terrible. Three of them had nests of 12-14 eggs each that were within a week of hatching too

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[NateinFL]

If I ever see a fox on my property its getting shot, no questions asked, I'll do the SSS method that I learned off of here!

 

[4 Love of Baby Chickens]

Oh my!!! Oh yes foxes can and will climb, jump and dig over anything that stands in the way of a chicken buffet.

I don't have to worry about foxes (hopefully) with Koda here. I believe she found a fox den today in the bushes to the left of my front yard. She was digging and growling like crazy. All I could see was her butt, tail and her back legs with dirt flying like crazy from inbetween them.

She chased a fox just the other week away from my coop. These critters are getting awful brazen now that winter has set in.