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[Janepie33]

I glanced out of my daughter's bedroom window to see a fox in the garden with the girls.I rushed downstairs, dressed in two towels, yelling "FooooooooX!!! FoooooooX in the garden!!!" My teeenagers were galvanized into action and rushed out to put the chickens into their cube run.

 

Now we either have a very very dim fox or it is vegetarian, because what it was really after was a selection of old bread rolls I had thrown out for the girls to nibble. 3 times I watched it jump over our fence, pinch a roll, jump back over the fence and devour it in the neighbours garden, with only a cursory sniff at the chicken run. The girls made a token (small) squawk, but I have to say, they are more frightened of the garden broom!

 

Another lucky escape, just to remind me that at this time of the year, the girls can only free range if a human is in the garden with them.

[BarbaraJ]

sorry shouldn't as could have been bad but just tickled me!! maybe he already had his meat and needed a roll for the side?

[LJ's Chooks]

Dont you believe it!!!

 

We had one visiting 2 or 3 times a day and would sit at our back door, looking like a cat waiting to come in. Neadles to say, the girls made a run for it, the fox was not interested for days, like it hadn't noticed. It would just come and go.... regular as clock work! then it just vanished .... and hasn't been back in the day for weeks, but they do come in at night still.

 

I wouldnt trust it, by the end of its visits it was showing interest in their area... but hid behind the plants just watching. I would never let it out of my sight for a second though!!!

 

Raidio 5 live were talking about fox hunting this week... they were chatting to someone who bread foxes......

[Guest]

The man who comes to get rid of our pests (wasps, rats etc) said that foxes are a bit like cats. Some apparently are terrible hunters and killers and others just aren't bothered. He kept hens and had no trouble with the area fox, but when that one disappeared and another moved in, he lost all his hens several times and gave up keeping them in the end.

[Egluntyne]

They will go for the easiest option I suppose.

[Alis girls]

yes teenagers bless em have their uses. Mine rush into the garden and frighten off the cats who beats up my ginger cat. he is a wuss. I'd watch him hes probabkly biding his time - dont call them sly for nowt

[Jillus]

I have a photo of 'our' fox eating apples in the orchard next door which is juust separated from the hen run by chicken wire. After the apples he slunk off and the hens continued to just look at him through the wire!

[Scramble]

can we see this picture?

[Jillus]

When my tech wizard gets home I will post it, sorry HE will post it

[Alis girls]

Perhaps he should've gone to specsavers