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- Nov 28, 2012
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How did the fox get your birds? If you free range, you might want to reconsider. If it was getting into a run/coop, it sounds like you have some re-working to do before you add more birds. If one predator can get to them, so can another, and it's naïve to think another predator won't take that one's place.
I live in the country and we have approx 20 acres of crops surrounding our yard- my coop is at the edge of the yard and the corn planted this year provided
cover for the fox to get close enough to attack- I was most surprised that the attacks happened in the middle of the day while myself, my kids, my husband
and our 2 dogs were all outside-I will be looking into a larger coop with possibly a run, as I am quite sure we have not seen the last of our local troublemakers