How secure does the run need to be if we shut them in at night?

[LynneP]

We saw a fox on a road near here at about noon. Female, loping, carrying a dead rabbit. We know there are dens at the edge of our property. Our run is heavily secured, worth every penny! You sleep better.

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[ctychix]

Foxes can go over the fence just like a cat. Especially this time of year the male is hunting whenever he can. He is feeding the kits and mother fox that are in the den. I had a fox take one of my hens off the back lawn in the middle of the day in the middle of the city just last week He is an endangered fox so I cannot trap him. Lesson learned the hard way, I'd be sure my hens were secure at all times.