Single hen

[beckyfitz]

Well, I know when the foxes have been around, they leave muddy footprints all over our shades!

Recently, they have chewed through the bungee straps holding our shades down so we have replaced them. They have also made a small tear.

Now... they have blatantly chewed through the fabric, detatching the pieces with the straps on altogether! I am left holding a small s"Ooops, word censored!" of green fabric attached to a bungee...

I am pretty confident they can't get in at my girls, but I can't keep buying new shades - any ideas???

[Guest]

The ONLY thing to keep a fox away is electric fencing..

good luck

indie

[Gallina]

If you have foxes lying on top of your Eglu run ripping your shade, you need to do something to keep them away.

 

This is too close for comfort: the run is not fox-proof, only the Eglu itself. I had a fox which used to lie on top of the run, and in the end he managed to get one of my hens, presumably by constantly slashing at the sides.

[beckyfitz]

Like what??

I have a fairly small suburban garden, I can't be fitting electric fencing, apart from the cost & work I don't think my two young sons will like it!

[Olly]

I really recommend getting a Foxwatch - it has deterred the fox from using my garden, I wouldn't say it is 100% but especially if you move it around regularly it should put them off their regular visits. Even though the Eglu is fairly secure, Gallina's unfortunate experience has proved that it's not totally foxproof, and it must be distressing for the hens even if he can't get at them.

 

Someone else posted on here that they'd rubbed Vick's Vaporub on their Omlet netting to stop the fox chewing it. Might be worth a try - it's cheap, won't harm the children or the hens and a mouthful of that might put him or her off chewing the shades again!

[Yolky]

Maybe it is worth getting a sheet of corrugated plastic to put on top of the run. This will stop the fox being able to get his paw in.

[Guest]

Electric fencing is really easy to turn off just like a light switch or u take a terminal off and you dont need all the netting either you can get ribbon tape which is a lot less££(£14 for 100m) and some plastic horse posts£1.50. For some reason people think they are going to plugged in to the national grid. Its the energiser and car battery that will cost u but there are smaller units out there on smaller batterys. But you can turn it off v easily.

 

Some weld mesh over the top of the current run perhaps as a double barrier may help, that would be a much cheaper option.

 

Good luck indie

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Maybe it is worth getting a sheet of corrugated plastic to put on top of the run. This will stop the fox being able to get his paw in.

 

That's a good idea - I had corrugated plastic on my run almost the whole of last year (due to the weather). They're about £6 a sheet from B&Q.

 

[Guest]

ANH that looks better and looks really neat. What a good idea..

indie