Bonusfishfox

Im sorry to go against the grain but in my experience ex layers really just bugger off, i wouldn't bother, but yes, kill the fox's. Sustaining a head of wild game can't be bought off the shelf Vermin control habitat management & more importantly improving wild chick reception capacity are the key things to concentrate on. Creating the right habitat & recogniseing the daily needs of game will get you good results,you only get out what you put in,unless your dads a sheik...lol

Hi, A great & easy mix to establish called the Good Guard Mix availableat David Brights ltd is really effective at holding & attracting game, its economic by way of it being good for two yrs.Mixed cereals kales & flowers pull pheasants & partridges in from miles, & finds them somthing to do . Put it round your release woods so that poults can take advantage of the cover as they get out insect rich flowers & cereals, keeps them busy followed by the dwarf sorghum then kale, a worthy driving cover that auto regenerates the following year . Sow june ,Cover July August

Hi, Ive come to the conclusion over the years that ive been a full time keeper & the many converations enjoyed with falconer freinds that the best way of avoiding predation caused by buzzards among other avian predators, is by putting 9wk birds down 1-5 of august, that gives them 22 weeks for the 1st week in November when we start. Ive put down birds for years in the begining of July but It turns out that by releasing slightly later you miss the window of them feeding their own young & that in actual fact fruits of the predation is more or less regurgitated down fledgelings throats