rickardo 76 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 got this from another site. not what you see everyday http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7458007.stm Quote Link to post
aaronpigeonplucker 32 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Don't shoot foxes or snare foxes as that farmer could have easily avoided all those chicken deaths by making his fence to 9 feet and adding an overhang. i have a nine foot fence with an overhang and have NEVER had a foxy attack. this is what all gamekeepers and farmers should do to protect there poulty/gamebirds. i am a avid rabbit and squirrel shooter/snarer but have nothing against foxes. please don't snare or shoot foxes as they are NATIVE and not introduced. i know there are foxes around my smallholding as i see tracks around my chicken run. PLEASE DON'T SNARE OR SHOOT FOXES! Quote Link to post
deeley24 72 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) Don't shoot foxes or snare foxes as that farmer could have easily avoided all those chicken deaths by making his fence to 9 feet and adding an overhang. i have a nine foot fence with an overhang and have NEVER had a foxy attack. this is what all gamekeepers and farmers should do to protect there poulty/gamebirds. i am a avid rabbit and squirrel shooter/snarer but have nothing against foxes. please don't snare or shoot foxes as they are NATIVE and not introduced. i know there are foxes around my smallholding as i see tracks around my chicken run. PLEASE DON'T SNARE OR SHOOT FOXES! fences cost money mate you havent got a cule what damage 1 fox can cuses let alone 2 or 3, game birds get taken when there out of pens and in pens if the fox is hungry engouh it will get in to anythink your chickens are lucky but he or she will get them its just a matter of time how deep underground dose your fence go, just stick to rabbits mate no one whats to hear it Edited February 7, 2009 by deeley24 Quote Link to post
deeley24 72 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Don't shoot foxes or snare foxes as that farmer could have easily avoided all those chicken deaths by making his fence to 9 feet and adding an overhang. i have a nine foot fence with an overhang and have NEVER had a foxy attack. this is what all gamekeepers and farmers should do to protect there poulty/gamebirds. i am a avid rabbit and squirrel shooter/snarer but have nothing against foxes. please don't snare or shoot foxes as they are NATIVE and not introduced. i know there are foxes around my smallholding as i see tracks around my chicken run. PLEASE DON'T SNARE OR SHOOT FOXES! fences cost money mate you havent got a cule what damage 1 fox can cuses let alone 2 or 3, game birds get taken when there out of pens and in pens if the fox is hungry engouh it will get in to anythink your chickens are lucky but he or she will get them its just a matter of time how deep underground dose your fence go, just stick to rabbits mate no one whats to hear it Quote Link to post
aaronpigeonplucker 32 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 for large amounts of land yes it would cost money but for smallholders with around 20-30 free range chikins 40 pounds and some labour is worth the lives of many foxes Quote Link to post
wuzzy 0 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 sorry if i,m getting the wrong idea but reading your posts you sound like a ANTI but its the done way the fox is the pest in this case and we have the bigger stick so to say if you respect nature so much then you,ll respect the pecking order ie bigger stick Quote Link to post
Netter 0 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I go on a farm where the farmer has 53 acres electric fenced and 58 acres electric fenced, both for free range chickens. I will ring him up now and tell him I wont shoot or snares foxes on his land ever again (as they are native), and he can avoid all chicken deaths from now on by putting up a 9 foot fence with an overhang. I wonder what he will say Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 please don't snare or shoot foxes as they are NATIVE and not introduced. i wouldnt shoot a fox for no reason, but whats that got to do with anything, if a fox is been a pest then it should be disposed of... Quote Link to post
Netter 0 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Don't shoot foxes or snare foxes as that farmer could have easily avoided all those chicken deaths by making his fence to 9 feet and adding an overhang. i have a nine foot fence with an overhang and have NEVER had a foxy attack. this is what all gamekeepers and farmers should do to protect there poulty/gamebirds. i am a avid rabbit and squirrel shooter/snarer but have nothing against foxes. please don't snare or shoot foxes as they are NATIVE and not introduced. i know there are foxes around my smallholding as i see tracks around my chicken run. PLEASE DON'T SNARE OR SHOOT FOXES! Has anyone noticed how the words NATIVE and NAIVE are very similar Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Can't believe the cheeky charlie came back for another chook, won't be coming back though. Quote Link to post
fish 148 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Don't shoot foxes or snare foxes as that farmer could have easily avoided all those chicken deaths by making his fence to 9 feet and adding an overhang. i have a nine foot fence with an overhang and have NEVER had a foxy attack. this is what all gamekeepers and farmers should do to protect there poulty/gamebirds. i am a avid rabbit and squirrel shooter/snarer but have nothing against foxes. please don't snare or shoot foxes as they are NATIVE and not introduced. i know there are foxes around my smallholding as i see tracks around my chicken run. PLEASE DON'T SNARE OR SHOOT FOXES!what about the birds when the gamekeepers let them out the pens. dont think you know much aboutfoxes mate.your only 13 you have a lot to learn yet. Quote Link to post
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 i have a nine foot fence with an overhang and have NEVER had a foxy attack. this is what all gamekeepers and farmers should do to protect there poulty/gamebirds. A hungry vixen will easily climb a 9 foot fence if she needs to Aaron - and then SLAUGHTER everything inside, and I mean everything. I have seen such a fox kill over 400 pheasants in one night. Explain that to your boss if you're a 'keeper and see what he says about not snaring foxes. Maybe you would have plenty of time to consider the whole episode while you were looking for another job the next day . . . OTC Quote Link to post
Holdaway 2 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 There a large amount of foxes in Britain today, a lot of which have mange and other disorders due to high populations. We lost 16 chickens in two nights to one fox which dug under a fence which was buried to 12 inches deep. That fox is no more. The next one that comes around will get the same welcome. Native or not, foxes can be a terrible blight to smallholders, farmers, keepers and anyone else that has livestock of any kind. I do not advocate killing every fox, but numbers must be kept to a managable level. One of the young guys I work beside actually stroked a fox in the town square at 4 in the morning, how much closer do we need to let them get? Urban foxes will attack pets, empty dustbins, foul childrens play areas and a whole lot more. My two pennys worth... H Quote Link to post
aaronpigeonplucker 32 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) on large farms with 100s of acres of land where foxes are killing lambs then it would probably be a less expensive and easier to shoot the fox. but on very small amount of land where urban foxes are causing trouble the i believe its easier to just add 3 feet to your fence and bobs your uncle, the chicken and duck deaths stopped. but for large famrs yes my idea is not an option Edited February 8, 2009 by aaronpigeonplucker Quote Link to post
heart of wales 19 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Don't shoot foxes or snare foxes as that farmer could have easily avoided all those chicken deaths by making his fence to 9 feet and adding an overhang. i have a nine foot fence with an overhang and have NEVER had a foxy attack. this is what all gamekeepers and farmers should do to protect there poulty/gamebirds. i am a avid rabbit and squirrel shooter/snarer but have nothing against foxes. please don't snare or shoot foxes as they are NATIVE and not introduced. i know there are foxes around my smallholding as i see tracks around my chicken run. PLEASE DON'T SNARE OR SHOOT FOXES! Hmm Ok here we go A customer of mine has recently gone into free range hens simular set however much bigger than the one there 18,000 chickens to be precise,His sheds and wire fencing was set up by people who have been doing it for Years,he has electric fencing surrounding all the chicken runs,they get fed on a bell system where the bell rings and all the chickens come running in for their food and then the doors close behind them auomatically they are in for the night,when they are learning about this some naively stay out,during the heavy rain we had soil was washed away under the wire fence deep enough only for a rabbit to get in,That night he lost Eighteen,one taken the rest just killed,he rang me that morning,we went out that night and shot one the other was lamp shy went later in the week as he had seen the other trying to dig by where he had sealed the first hole off,UNDER AN ELECTRIC FENCE,I shot him with Night Vision,Because of the fright these foxes had given these hens his egg production has dropped also,We put a fox trap down for him as well caught another last week the trap runs alongside the Electric fence,the farmer shot him in the trap. This is an area which a wood runs at the back of it the local gun pack go through there regularly taking numerous foxes,go there any night in the week and you will see people lamping on adjacent farms. When an animal particulary a fox is hungry they find ways to get in no mattar what you do Dont kill them try telling this farmer who is trying to make a living from selling eggs that Quote Link to post
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