how do you combat foxes

[Camellia]

my luck with chickens has been horrendous this year, mites, worms, respiratory infections and now.. foxes, again.
last year i lost my whole flock due to 2 foxes who teamed up. they killed all my chickens in the span of 3 days and only took 2-3 of them,i had to rebuilt my coop entirely.
Now they're back at it again..
they have already tried to dig holes under the fencing.. foxes are relentless.
I was able to kill one but multiple have come back. What do I do??
I'm not trying to be dramatic but I cant lose anymore chickens..

 

[Trux]

A dig bib would be a good start, if you dont already have one. Don't let them free range without you supervising. Lock them in a secure coop at night.
Not sure how you are setup but some pics would be nice, and when you say digging under the fencing what do you mean? Yard fence or run fencing?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Electric fencing is the first line of defense.
It also helps to put down an apron of hardware cloth along the perimeter of the run so they hit that when they try to dig.

 

[Camellia]

A dig bib would be a good start, if you dont already have one. Don't let them free range without you supervising. Lock them in a secure coop at night.
Not sure how you are setup but some pics would be nice, and when you say digging under the fencing what do you mean? Yard fence or run fencing?

i haven't let my chickens free range since last year, they're all in a secure run, I will try to get pictures of my coop tomorrow

 

[Trux]

So are they trying to dug under the run? Do you have a dig bib? Do you have a roof on your run?

 

[featherhead007]

FOXES? FOXES? We don't need no stinking foxes!
Build a gun turret, man the machine gun 24-7
Lay a mine field with low blast radius!
Electrify the fencing 28,000 volts should do it!
Call any prominent British Hunting club, state that "We have foxes"
AND: Hunt Hunt, Kill Kill!
Save the Chickens!!

 

[Camellia]

So are they trying to dug under the run? Do you have a dig bib? Do you have a roof on your run?

They're trying to squeeze/dig there way under the coop to get into the run, they've also tried to dig under the fencing to get in as well but with no avail. There is wire on top of the run so they foxes cant jump in

this isnt my image but this is basically what I put outside of my run. The foxes literally tried to DIG underneath the wire.. why cant they realize they wont fit

 

[Camellia]

FOXES? FOXES? We don't need no stinking foxes!
Build a gun turret, man the machine gun 24-7
Lay a mine field with low blast radius!
Electrify the fencing 28,000 volts should do it!
Call any prominent British Hunting club, state that "We have foxes"
AND: Hunt Hunt, Kill Kill!
Save the Chickens!!

haha i have a gun near the coop thankfully, i'd think they would take the hint since one of their buddies went "missing" but they're resilient. I used to adore foxes.. but after losing around 40 chickens over the course of 4 years I've lost all my sympathy for them.. not trying to be harsh but i absolutely hate foxes with a burning anger

 

[50-45-1]

I free range my flock, and the only reason i can do that is i have 3 dogs outside during the day that chase what does not belong out of the yard.
I have a very secure coop that only a very detrermined bear might be able to get in.
Without my dogs, i would be chickenless in a week.
Secure run a coop is the answer if guardian dog is not possible.

 

[cmom]

You can't stop them from coming onto your property. The only thing you can do is build a fortress for your birds. I have game cameras. Anything that gets near my coops, get their picture taken. I have electric wire around my coops and pens because of a bobcat and a possum, coyote, concrete under my gates because of a fox and a skunk and heavy duty netting covering all of the pens because of an owl and a coyote that jumped over a 5' fence into a pen and killed some birds. There are places where I have buried wire. The owl was a hard one to figure out until I put up a game camera and caught it in action. Most every night I get either a fox or coyote on one of the cameras. We have a lot of coyotes. There are no predators that prey on coyotes here. Coyotes will take a fox or a bobcat, dogs, cats, anything they can catch. My neighbor lost most of his goat kids to coyotes. The neighbor behind me lost her little dog to a coyote and I've lost some birds to them. I tried motion lights in the past but the lights did let me know when something set off the light which could be a moth. The predators still came around and I get a glimpse of one now and then. Good luck.
I did catch this fox.

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