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Scoop
Joined: 25 Feb 2008
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Location: Somerset
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:05 pm Post subject: Foxes - how many feet to leave between run, shed and hedge? |
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Hi, I'm getting some electric poultry netting and don't know how large a gap I would need to leave between the netting and the garden shed (about six feet tall) and a four feet-high hedgebank.
I'm guessing Mr Fox will try his luck by leaping off the bank or shed roof into the poultry run - any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.[/u] |
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Sedgewort Bramble
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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Location: Nr. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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We have a stream (Actually is the beginning of the River Ouzel), 1 field back from the house.
Its about 10ft (3m) wide.
There is a regular fox run across it.
I've watched foxes clear it without getting their paws wet.
So would guess 4 - 5 metres would be an absolute minimum.
For many of them its their first and last visit though.
Bob |
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Scoop
Joined: 25 Feb 2008
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Location: Somerset
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks very much for the advice. I've just managed to get myself totally confused having spent hours reading the forum . . . a lot of people claim foxes will only scramble over fences rather than make a clean jump and I wasn't sure if a fox would or wouldn't chance a leap off the shed roof and into the electrified poultry run. |
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