Eglu Cube Coop For Sale

[savena5630]

Hi all,

 

I live near some fields, but since April I've been relatively lucky and not seen any foxes in my garden. In the past week, however, a very persistant fox keeps coming into the garden and jumping on top of my eglu (the run part), scaring my hens so much! Does anyone have any suggestions to how I can stop the fox jumping on the run?

 

Thanks!

[majuka]

Is electric fencing an option for you, either poultry netting set back from your eglu or electric fencing that goes round the top of your fencing (angled in to your boundary so your neighbours don't get zapped)?

[savena5630]

Yes I'd consider anything! Is it effective??

[Olly]

Electric fencing is the most effective deterrent.

 

You could try a Foxwatch (sonic deterrent) - people's views on these vary, it won't keep the fox away completely but it can put him or her off using a particular route. The main thing is that foxes don't like disturbance, and if you can move things around in the place where the fox comes over the fence and maybe make it more difficult, that might help. Could you put some sort of barrier in the fox's route to the Eglu - just a wheelbarrow, plant pot or something - that will mean he has to detour slightly? It won't stop him but again it will make it less attractive. I'm afraid though that the thought of a chicken dinner is probably so appealing that he will be hard to stop.

 

Traditionally, getting a male friend to wee around the boundaries of the garden is supposed to put them off (the foxes, not the men!) but I've not found it to be effective, however anything is worth a try.