Agree!Fox are clever. If it’s returning every morning you likely have a den nearby. Get up earlier, dress warm and camouflaged, and take her out. She will eventually stress the flock to ill health or death.
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Agree!Fox are clever. If it’s returning every morning you likely have a den nearby. Get up earlier, dress warm and camouflaged, and take her out. She will eventually stress the flock to ill health or death.
That's true. Maybe some poison in a piece of meat that is not too close to the run and that you can pick up the next day if it's not gone. Personally we would shoot it, which is legal for predators going after your livestock on your property.I’ve heard that foxes are nearly impossible to trap and won’t go into a regular live trap, but I can try.
If you can figure out where it's entering your yard you can place a snare. I've trapped fox with snares and footholds, its hard with live traps unless you descent the heck out of it.Yes, it would be easy for us to put out a live trap. I think that’s what I’m going to try first.
Will a fox climb a fence to get into a run? I just moved to a new area with foxes.I need a farm dog! The bottom of the run is secure, but the run is so large it's gonna be a while before we can cover the top. The coop itself is pred proof, but I worry about them during the day. Any suggestions?View attachment 3814717
This is my fox den, and is less than 50 yds from the coop/run. It's been here well over a year and this is the 2nd year of a litter. I have trail cameras back there and the one time of day I do not see them is mid afternoon, BUT they are deffinately out while my chickens free range. I do have a dog/Cooper, and he is at the den when he wants, so the fox and Cooper know each other and he will chase anything that runs.
My chickens freerange during the day and go back to the secure run/coop at dusk.