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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: Sluggs on May 25, 2009, 18:47

Title: Gutted
Post by: Sluggs on May 25, 2009, 18:47

We lost all four chickens to a fox last night, he ate his way in tearing at the wood.
I have a proper designed coop which cost over £100, is this normal or should the coop been enclosed in a compound, I thought a coop attached to a pen would be safe enough.
How wrong can I be.

They were shut in , Im gutted !! :(

Title: Re: Gutted
Post by: joyfull on May 25, 2009, 19:05

Oh so sorry to hear that  :(

Title: Re: Gutted
Post by: Foxy on May 25, 2009, 19:09

So sorry sluggs, how sad. :( :( Some hen coops are more robust than others I'm afraid and a fox cant be very detirmined.

Title: Re: Gutted
Post by: nzdunn on May 25, 2009, 19:35

gees so sorry to hear of your loss, these bloomin foxes :ohmy: are starting to get me worried and i havnt even picked up my new hens yet, i think we say to ourselves "totally fox proof" but obviously isnt the case, really sorry again its just alwful. :(   nicky

Title: Re: Gutted
Post by: Tazzy on May 25, 2009, 22:49

What an awful sight to come down to - don't let it put you off.

I have a coop in the field next to our garden and I know that there's been a fox around as it took a poorly lamb recently. My coop is inside a fenced run that has chicken wire about 5' high. We dug a small trench and sunk the wire into that first so that it couldn't push underneath. I've heard that bricks/rubble in the trench are also a good idea to prevent tunnelling.

Good luck