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Camile · Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 11:02 pm Post subject:

Reporting back,

I haven't seen a fox around since I sorted that one last year ..

One bird disappeared all right but she might be broody somewhere...

anyone having trouble with the buggers lately ?

Camile

macconraoi · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 12:41 am Post subject:

We have 3 mooching around the pigs at night,theres a dog in the fowl pen at night seems to be working so far
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phil · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 9:12 am Post subject:

Its been a few years since i lost any birds,a terrier knocking about the place certainly helps deter foxes,any rats or mink they kill is a bonus.

blowin · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:43 am Post subject:

I no longer have the problem because mink got into the duck house and killed all 4 in one night . Since then foxes have been raiding every second or third day , taking 2 hens at a time in broad daylight and within yards of the house . There are only a couple left now -- one lonely banty cock who hardly dares come down from the barn roof and one sitting hen which we keep in the pen . This is seriously upsetting !
As others have said , I would prefer not to kill foxes but something has got to be done before we get more birds . The place seems empty without them and anyway we need the eggs and occasional roast.
I don't have a gun and am unlikely to be able to persuade anyone with one to sit up a tree because they would be eaten alive by the midges .
So , what can I do ?
Setting aside the question of cruelty , is it legal to snare them ?
Or to let a willing volunteer put his terriers down their hole ?
I am very short on sympathy after 18 hens have been torn to pieces .

phil · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:03 pm Post subject:

Snaring is legal, you can use a catch alive trap,this fox is taking the piss as well as your birds.

blowin · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:21 am Post subject:

phil · Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject:

A cage trap there's some on ebay,give you more of an idea of what they look like,and how they work.

Torc · Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 108 Location: North Clare

You can spend your life fighting off foxes, crows, rats and they will still return. For peace of mind, I've learned to fence in the animals I want and fence out the ones I don't want.

joker · Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Posts: 23 Location: ROI

Put up an old fashioned scarecrow . Wink

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

I hope your scare crow will work better than mine Sad

. Pigeons is my problem. The fecking things have little fear and despite my best efforts to scare them off they still are doing damage. My scare crow is now hanging from a tree so it spins in the wind. Its legs are free to move about and in strong winds it does Irish dancing. The damn pigeons are not at all impressed. It might work on foxes though. good luck.

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