- Aug 5, 2011
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So last night we came home to find a huge red fox standing in our yard and as I seen him, I happened to notice one of my roosters laying dead in the road as well ! My heart sank,
as I knew what I was about to find in the backyard. I went to my chicken house to find only 1 rooster on the roost pole sleeping (Elvis is his name), So we took the gun
and went on a fox hunt only to have shot and probably of not of hit him........My husband and I went on a search to see if we could find the other 23 chickens only to find feathers at the back steeps and then across the road 2 dead white leghorn roosters
one cold and one warm, we looked over and seen one of my brown hens in the driveway
! Finally, we found one other dead white silkie hen........after 2 hours of searching and hunting we gave up with as about 12:30 this morning
- We woke to find one more splash silkie hen and a other white rooster hanging out at the chicken house door
and I managed to find one other silkie hen that must of camped out w/ my goats last night which was probably better yet but, the sad this is her mate is no where to be found
!
So, as of right now I have 5 survivors
and 3 dead and 16 MIA which are probably dead as well - SO SO SAD, as 2 of the MIA silkies were my boys pets
How in the world do you tell them their chickens are dead thankfully they weren't here last night but, at their grandparents !
I'm thinking possibily the fox was running with a pack last night, is it even possible one could of killed that many ???
How do you trap a fox is there a great way I can lure them in ????
I just can't believe it, those poor little things







So, as of right now I have 5 survivors


I'm thinking possibily the fox was running with a pack last night, is it even possible one could of killed that many ???
How do you trap a fox is there a great way I can lure them in ????
I just can't believe it, those poor little things
