i only have 6 chickens but i had 9 untill the fox payed a vist the three chickens she got was my 3 bantums and he keeps coming around and i think he is going to get my other 6 chickens what do i do to keep him away
I would recommend either a dog or a gun....I'm sorry to be so blunt, but unless your run and coop are very secure you will need one of the aforementioned items.
We have a radio on that sits just outside the pen. It seems to working fine right now, but they don't call them sly for nothing. We do move the radio around, only so they don't get to comfortable with it in one spot. We have had some pullets snatched in broad daylight by foxes looking for food. I need to keep the gun in the barn. Good Luck!
Then you should find the den and kill them all. That fox will keep coming around and taking them. We have 2 foxes with kits. Both are on other peoples property. They have great hearing and are gone by the time you can get in range. I would try to trap it. If you know where the den is and you can do it, plug up the exits and throw some burning type poison sticks in the main entry then plug it. The only good fox is a dead fox, if you have birds.
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If you put it in with the chicks or in a perimeter fence surrounding the run. We have 3 dogs and the fox will walk right by them while they're snarling at it.
Here's the thing, we have the gun ready but I can't imagine ever grabbing, loading, aiming and firing before the fox runs off. As someone else mentioned they have excellent hearing...
We've had traps out for weeks but there's a reason people use the expression "sly fox". They're pretty savvy creatures. We have an outside dog posted near the coop but I swear the fox knows that she's on a lead, the fox isn't deterred one bit by the dog.
We were really hoping to get it before it could have kits (is that the proper term?) because once it does it would have even more incentive to come get our chickens (to feed the babies).
So far no luck. We'll keep trying. Traps are set, guns at the ready and chooks only free range while we're home, all other times they are in the coop.
Good luck to you! Hope you can keep your remaining girls safe.