BS40liam 203 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Just got home from work and 2 of my chickens are dead and the 3rd one is missing! My garden is backed onto fields and Surround is fields have heard a fox about sometimes in the night calling, but next door has a cat that sometimes ventures into the garden when its feeling brave. My hedge at the backhas got fencing in it also but at only 6 ft high could a fox easily jump over? I'm gonna have a little walk with the dog in a min and see if there's any sets local but what do you think? Fox or next doors cat? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GrCh 856 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 fox Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Just got home from work and 2 of my chickens are dead and the 3rd one is missing! My garden is backed onto fields and Surround is fields have heard a fox about sometimes in the night calling, but next door has a cat that sometimes ventures into the garden when its feeling brave. My hedge at the backhas got fencing in it also but at only 6 ft high could a fox easily jump over? I'm gonna have a little walk with the dog in a min and see if there's any sets local but what do you think? Fox or next doors cat? find the feathers where whatever took it left your garden, a 6ft fence is nothing to a fox mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BS40liam 203 Posted November 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Just been out in the garden again and there's a rat set between my fence and the alotments next door and in the hole there's some feathers which is not confusing me :s could it be a rat instead? I've never heard of a rat killing chickens but you never know! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BS40liam 203 Posted November 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 No I'm sure its a fox I'm looking over the hedge at the back in the field and there's a few feathers over there! Only got myself to blame! Dint lock them up properly last night ffs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toby63 1,236 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 yes rats will kill.are you sure its a rat hole could be mink Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J.DOG 1,355 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Defo a Fox mate , my chickens are in a run which has 6th fence round , a fox took 3 of my hens , the next night I sat out and had my Lurcher to retrieve it once shot , got it and not had a problem since , but one fox goes another rolls up just got to do what you can to stop them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BS40liam 203 Posted November 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 yes rats will kill.are you sure its a rat hole could be mink yes its definatly a rat hole mate, I've shot quite a few rats in the garden last year when I had more chickens and also my old lurcher used to kill a few and leave them by the back door for us lol. My misses said she saw a rat in the garden yesterday. But its just odd how 3 of my chickens are dead one of which is missing but there's feathers down the rat hold and at the other end of the garden on the decking there feathers and in the field behind my house there's feathers...confusing.com lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 It's a fox!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickmck 716 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 It's a fox!!!!! labs enemy :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BS40liam 203 Posted November 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Anyone got a fox trap they like to lend me lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jack2o 45 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 rats might have dragged a bit of leftovers after the fox left maybe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
U.L.D.A 289 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 no but got a lurcher and a size 10 boot pm for details Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BS40liam 203 Posted November 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 no but got a lurcher and a size 10 boot pm for details lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,503 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 The fact thats its killed two and taken another one i reckon fox 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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