Who's tired of the killing?

[nzpouter]

All part of the games... I love my pets, their safety in my property is my responsibility.

 

[TennesseeTruly]

Unfortunately if you relocate it, you're giving someone else your problem. As much of an animal lover that I am, I say put it down.

Laurie

 

[bowhunter]

Here in eastern Ontario we abide by the 3 S's...

Shoot

Shovel

Shut up

.22 rifle is nice and quiet and will do the job. And yes, transporting live wildlife is a big no-no no matter where you live.

Do what you need to on your own property with some discreetness of course. No one should judge you for that either no matter what their beliefs are.
It's your property and your livestock.

Regards

 

[jjthink]

I live in fear of forgetting to close the coop or the run door at night, worried about the day that I will have thought I did but I really didn't. If this happens and if my feathered friends get hurt or killed, it will have been entirely my fault, not the preds fault. Chickens are an accident waiting to happen and they are simply too vulnerable without our protection. They need us to never forget that. Daytime attacks will sometimes happen despite our best efforts (and I would say if this happens as much as you've had it happen, the birds should be in a large well protected run and not free ranging except when you are standing right over them) but nighttime, that's when they need to rest peacefully in a fortress.I pray I don't space out one of these days and forget to lock them up tight but I don't consider myself invulnerable to that mistake so I try to check and recheck, much like the folks that check their coffee maker 10 times to see if they turned it off before leaving for work, hoping they don't burn down the house.
JJ

 

[Rachel25]

You don't need to be killing a fox who is just acting according to his instincts, they have to survive too. Its disheartening when our chickens are killed but you have to realize that these predators are out there and live your life accordingly. For every fox you kill there will be another to take its place.

 

[elliemay0305]

be careful with a fox. sometimes they will bring more to your house for dinner! understand what your going thru. something got my turkey eggs from her nest and something is finding all my chicken nest! even the one in my tack roon i didnt know about until today!! i understand everything has to eat but there is plenty of vacant land around here with wild stuff!!!

 

[TheDuckCrew]

i'm so glad that so far, i have not had any predator problems. we have a beagle in the house behind us that nicely warns us if anything is around. we've seen tons of animals around, and a few fox, but none have ever tried anything. i think my ducks are bigger than them and the drakes are quite protective. they scare away my cats on a daily basis. we had a neighbor's husky get loose and it ran right into the pond. the nice white husky wasn't white anymore. i had seen it run past our back deck, so i was able to run outside and close the ducks in their pen, they were still little. the dog saw me outside and came running up, tail wagging. i pet him where he wasn't covered in pond scum. he visits regularly when he escapes, and comes when i call his name now. silly Kiko. lol.

 

[PoultryPedia]

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Wow! I had never heard of such a gadget! Sounds like a great idea!

Where can you get one & what is the approximate cost? Please tell more about how it works, too, if you wouldn't mind.
I think you should start a separate post telling about this innovative predator control tool. Many should be interested.

 

[jlbpa]

Turned out I didn't have a choice. I thought it was caught in my small traps but the bigger trap broke it's leg.


Yes, I agree, Rachel25. Mostly I'd rather loose a chicken. Never expected to catch a fox. And this wasn't my flock chickens. This was my pet I kept at my house in the burbs so I could have fresh eggs and organic bug control. She was a great layer and real friendly.

Oh well right now I have about 24 jumbo cornish and 20 buff ophingtons chicks and 2 turkey all about a month old. Their new coup and fully enclosed run is just about finished. It'd be done by now except I took a tumble from a ladder while measuring for a piece of soffet on the coup. Landed on my right side ribs. 3 trips to the doctor and 2.5 days missed work. It's been a week but I'm still pretty sore.

 

[amazondoc]

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There ya go. If you want to end the killing on both sides, keep the birds in a fully enclosed pen.

It'd be done by now except I took a tumble from a ladder while measuring for a piece of soffet on the coup. Landed on my right side ribs. 3 trips to the doctor and 2.5 days missed work. It's been a week but I'm still pretty sore.

Ouch! I have one friend who broke several bones falling off a ladder, and another who broke his elbow when a ladder collapsed under him. Ladders are dangerous things!​