The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  country foxes Goto page Previous  1, 2          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Feeding and Housing Author Message Woodburner Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 731 Location: Deepest Essex, well, a village... Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:30 am    Post subject: The foxes are different in the country but they all like chicken dinners. If you aren't out in the sticks then, even if all the country foxes have been shot, you will still have visiting urban foxes. A friend of mine in a similar location, used to free range her hens, they had lots of trees and bushes to get into and frequently needed to. The fox rarely, if ever, took more than one hen in a night, but the local fox population thrived on chicken dinners, and after a few years it became one chicken dinner per night. She made a lot of tall fence panels from battens and chicken wire, for moveable runs. These normally keep the foxes out, but when they do get in, they/it doesn't stop at one dinner. Back to top Itsybitsy Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1443 Location: Leicestershire Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:14 pm    Post subject: CP wrote: One of the smallholder mags has an article about camelids in the July issue. (I caught a glimpse in the newsagents but can't remember which one it was. ) Country Smallholding Itsybitsy Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 16105 Location: Hampshire Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:37 am    Post subject: Thanks Itsy! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Feeding and Housing All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page Previous  1, 2 Page 2 of 2 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group