foxes

[ock]

just took these pic`s from my bedroom window, our place is swamped in them at the mo

[Totally Scrambled]

Even the pot's scared and trying to get away.
Dom

[Annie]

Love them but now we have chooks NIMBY

[p.penn]

Your chooks are nice and secure though Ock, aren't they?

That fox looks very relaxed - your garden is probably his equivalent of your local pub! I know they are predators (mind you, so are we) but they are very beautiful, aren't they?

[saint-spoon]

I know they are predators (mind you, so are we) but they are very beautiful, aren't they?

it doesn't matter how beautiful they are they are vermin; after all squirrels are only rats with bushy tails (ah how cute) and good PR.

[ock]

we have always had loads of them in our garden, that`s why we could never let our chooks free range, I`ve seen them looking in the run before but they`ve never had a go at getting in so far, I really don`t think they can get in, but you never know

[saint-spoon]

it is a difficult one, and as we have heard via numerous threads on the subject you never can tell how safe your birds are.

[p.penn]

it doesn't matter how beautiful they are they are vermin; after all squirrels are only rats with bushy tails (ah how cute) and good PR.

OOOOOOOh squirrels.....cuuuuuuuute........

SS - that was not very fluffy bunny of you.

[saint-spoon]

I like to think of squirrels as tree partridges; and I prefer mine as a satay (thank you HFW for that culinary idea). Lean, free range and delicious with an oriental peanut dip.

[p.penn]

Tree partridges?

I would have thought more like four.

[ChrisG]

Are you serious? can you eat squirrel?

Grey ones are the ones I call vermin.I used to live by a place that had loads of red ones, so tame you could hold out your hand and feed them peanuts. Then one day i went there and the place was silent. Not a squirrel in sight. Apparently the greys have arrived - along with the squirrel pox - and wiped most of them out. There is apparently a handful about, but you never see them. Will take years, if not decades to get back to how it was - and all the time the greys are taking over

[saint-spoon]

I wouldn't eat a red squirrel but it is fine to eat the grey ones.

[Totally Scrambled]

Are you serious? can you eat squirrel?

Oh Yes. They have a lovely nutty taste.
Dom

[p.penn]

Are you serious? can you eat squirrel?

Oh Yes. They have a lovely nutty taste.
Dom

Ali - fetch the wok......

[ChrisG]