Lost 10 hens today, first loss, do you think fox?

[Lacrystol]

OMG the Fox attacked again tonight, he got my other bibbed duck and my biggest chicken. have no Clue on how to stop this thing...

 

[Aeropennchick]

How tragic! I am so sorry for your guys. The foxes living on our property moved off three seasons ago, soon after we got dogs. We just got chickens and now DH spots a nice, healthy fox in the woods behind our house!

We are locking the kids in the coop at night (predator proof), keeping them in a pen in the day time when unsupervised (not predator proof, but within areas marked by the dogs), and allowing them to free range when we (or our black lab) are watching them. I'd love to be able to leave the dog door open, so our lab can watch them day and night, but my coon hound annoys the whole mountain with her barking, and the dogs don't like to be separated.

We are avoiding trapping or hunting the fox since it hasn't yet caused us any loss...giving it a fair chance, you know. But if it decides to try and get some chicken dinner at our house, well there will probably be a new pelt drying on our porch pretty swiftly.

 

[Lacrystol]

This Fox is brave, he comes out during the day and grabs what he can as soon as he has it he is off, doesn't stop for one second. We have decided to lock the chickens up for a few days(they are free ranging) to try and leer him closer and make it more challenging for him to get the chickens just long enough for us to get a closer look with a 33.

 

[Aeropennchick]

Good luck catching him!!