the fox has visited !the fox has visited !at 1.30 am i got a phone call from the wife telling me to
unlock the dog flap and sort the dogs out when i get home. Well whilst putting the rubbish out for the dustmen when i did get home i could hear the chickens making a racket so of i went running down the garden to find two dead two not looking at all with it and other birds at diferent points all over the pen/run wedged into the corners. thats why the dogs were going mad the wife had forgot to shut the coup up for the night ! gone down to have a look when i got up and:- of the two that were not with it one seems a lot better and is walking about in the partioned bit and she is feeding the other one is still looking a bit dopey (i dont hold much hope ) and out of all the other 10 birds two are walking with a slight limp quick memo to all IF YOU DONT DO IT MAKE SURE YOU RING THE OTHER HALF TO REMIND HER/HIM TO DO IT "The trouble with quotes over the Internet is that you never know if they are genuine." -- Abraham Lincoln
It makes you think that Mr Fox must check "every" night doesn't it, because the one & only night you do forget (& we've all done it at some point), they have the flammin lot or in your case a couple, I'm just really sorry to hear that.
I did it years ago with two beautiful big white ducks we had, the one & only night I forgot, dead :cry: then he started coming in the day & ruined free range hens forever for us. There has been so many attacks recently it's making me really nervous, but probably not a bad thing, my girls are locked in, upstairs, in a hen house, in a roofed hen run, still worry for England about them Hope the girls pull through Dave. Cheers
mel x
So Sorry Dave.
This is the third attack I have heard of this week alone ! and one week before last. As it is getting colder, they are having to look more for food. It is something we all live with and hope to God we never have to deal with. I hope your wife isn't beating herself up too much. Hugs to you both Wendy http://www.busheyk9.co.uk
If you can't be a good example........ you will just have to be a horrible warning i have been told i was lucky he did not
"do the lot" so from now on birds stay in the pen when we are not about and if we are about then they can come out and play in the run and the dogs can run about in the rest of the garden "The trouble with quotes over the Internet is that you never know if they are genuine." -- Abraham Lincoln
the fox has visited !Hi Dave
Sorry to hear about your loss. It is the only way to keep them safe and away from the predator's. I only have mine out if I am in the garden - if I go into the house, I put them into the run.
Oh dear, that's a shame - but there are very few of us which haven't worn the T-Shirt and spend days kicking ourselves and feeling guilty.
We are creatures as well and have our faults - mainly forgetfulness. Keep at it. Richard (Dave, do you mind us moving this to chicken keeping?. Always a learning point) New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
Yeap, hope they're getting better.
They do take a few days to get over a fox attack. Usual signs seem to be......anti-social, not the usual mad rush about when you feed them, tend to sit around inside their house, sit quite still with shallow chirps. If they are not injured, they'll be OK. Main thing is not to get over paranoid about it. Saying that, I haven't had the experience for two years nearly, but still go up the garden every morning half expecting something. New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
THE SODS BEEN BACK!!!!
one chicken is missing!!!!a few feathers scatered one chicken on its side half dead if they were all in last night(i'll ask the wife if she counted them in ) then it means he has payed a vist during today i have one small hole in a bit of mesh on the side and there is a white feather on it but i would be serprized if he got in through it but he must off but why did he not kill them all they normally do!! new score fox 5 me now i'm pi*& "The trouble with quotes over the Internet is that you never know if they are genuine." -- Abraham Lincoln
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