- Jul 12, 2010
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Great Story~!!!
It reminds me of my Rooster that got taken by a fox bless his little heart. At the time I only had one rooster and one hen that were free roamers. He did his job and made sure that Penny was safe and he stood up to the fox of course he did not have a chance. About 2 weeks later the fox came back while my husband was in the garden and Penny came racing down through the paddock right to Bert. The fox was right on her tail and even at one point had her pinned. My husband ran up to the fox and swung the shovel at the fox and this fox was still coming at him. He hit the fox and it backed off my hen. She ran to the end of the driveway while the fox ran out into our pasture. My husband ran in to get his gun but by the time he got out on the deck he was so out of breath and shocked at how that Fox was a foot from him and was relentless.....he could not get a clear shot off.
I looked for my hen for hours and finally found her across the road in my neighbors yard which is full of junk ( But we won't go there right now ) I checked her all over because she had lost so many feathers I thought for sure she was punctured somewhere. She wasn't Thank God which amazed me because she was pinned down. She was quiet for a few days and snapped out of it. After that I took my older rooster Mufahsa out to free roam at the time I had 3 Roosters and had to seperate them up with their own hens......He and Penny fell right in love. I have never seen anything like it. She was always cuddled up under him they were inseperable. I took another little hen out to roam with them becuase she was bald from being picked at and Mufahsa is such a good Rooster he took her up into the Rabbit cage I have for the hens to lay there eggs and he showed her the inside and took her into the nest box then he came out and stood on the bags of shavings I have in there and watched her through a tiny crack ( he was up on his tip toes ) he waited for her until she laid her egg and when she came out he took her over to Penny and went about his business.
You really had to be there it blew me away at how smart and how caring he was. I LOVE my Roosters and am down to 2. One is in the coop and mufahsa is my free roamer with his 2 girls.
I just got 2 baby geese because I was told by a friend that they will definitely help with the fox. They are instant alarms and when they are big they are strong. They follow me all around it is so cute....my only worry is my free roamers are terrified of these 2 little babies......I hope the fear goes away because right now they are too little to free roam by them selves and I ONLY let my chickens out of the barn when I am there now I saw a fox a few days ago so I know one is around just waiting to attack.
It reminds me of my Rooster that got taken by a fox bless his little heart. At the time I only had one rooster and one hen that were free roamers. He did his job and made sure that Penny was safe and he stood up to the fox of course he did not have a chance. About 2 weeks later the fox came back while my husband was in the garden and Penny came racing down through the paddock right to Bert. The fox was right on her tail and even at one point had her pinned. My husband ran up to the fox and swung the shovel at the fox and this fox was still coming at him. He hit the fox and it backed off my hen. She ran to the end of the driveway while the fox ran out into our pasture. My husband ran in to get his gun but by the time he got out on the deck he was so out of breath and shocked at how that Fox was a foot from him and was relentless.....he could not get a clear shot off.
I looked for my hen for hours and finally found her across the road in my neighbors yard which is full of junk ( But we won't go there right now ) I checked her all over because she had lost so many feathers I thought for sure she was punctured somewhere. She wasn't Thank God which amazed me because she was pinned down. She was quiet for a few days and snapped out of it. After that I took my older rooster Mufahsa out to free roam at the time I had 3 Roosters and had to seperate them up with their own hens......He and Penny fell right in love. I have never seen anything like it. She was always cuddled up under him they were inseperable. I took another little hen out to roam with them becuase she was bald from being picked at and Mufahsa is such a good Rooster he took her up into the Rabbit cage I have for the hens to lay there eggs and he showed her the inside and took her into the nest box then he came out and stood on the bags of shavings I have in there and watched her through a tiny crack ( he was up on his tip toes ) he waited for her until she laid her egg and when she came out he took her over to Penny and went about his business.
You really had to be there it blew me away at how smart and how caring he was. I LOVE my Roosters and am down to 2. One is in the coop and mufahsa is my free roamer with his 2 girls.
I just got 2 baby geese because I was told by a friend that they will definitely help with the fox. They are instant alarms and when they are big they are strong. They follow me all around it is so cute....my only worry is my free roamers are terrified of these 2 little babies......I hope the fear goes away because right now they are too little to free roam by them selves and I ONLY let my chickens out of the barn when I am there now I saw a fox a few days ago so I know one is around just waiting to attack.
