It's time for you to do some target shooting for accuracy. That's probably why you missed, since the Fox wasn't spooked by you. That means the fox has been eating other people's flocks. Our nemesis is Coywolves and they scoot as soon as they see a human. The local coywolf hunters have to hunt them at night with nightscopes.
I keep my birds in chain link dog enclosures. I am not near a river/stream, so I don't have to worry about ferrets, but a friend near a river lost a whole flock to them. Be thankful you are dealing with a fox. Minks and ferrets will kill your entire flock just for sport and then not eat them. Foxes take birds one meal at a time.
I keep my birds in chain link dog enclosures. I am not near a river/stream, so I don't have to worry about ferrets, but a friend near a river lost a whole flock to them. Be thankful you are dealing with a fox. Minks and ferrets will kill your entire flock just for sport and then not eat them. Foxes take birds one meal at a time.