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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: SusieB on March 30, 2011, 15:49

Title: How big is a fox's head?
Post by: SusieB on March 30, 2011, 15:49
I am planning a new area for chooks, away from the veg garden and the foxes.  It is triangular, bound on one side by my house, another side by wall and I was going to put an electric fence on the third side.

I am not sure whether the wall side is fox proof - it is 2 metres high with railings for the top half.  The gaps between the railings are 10cm (3 and 7/8 ins ins).  Will the fox be able to get through these gaps?

Title: Re: How big is a fox's head?
Post by: joyfull on March 30, 2011, 16:06
they can easily scale fences of 6 feet high and squeeze through holes 4 inches square so I wouldn't rely on this fence (perhaps fix weldmesh onto the side of it).
Title: Re: How big is a fox's head?
Post by: SusieB on March 30, 2011, 16:34
I thought so, oh well back to the drawing board.
Thanks Joyfull
Title: Re: How big is a fox's head?
Post by: asd1 on March 30, 2011, 16:54
A good way to tell is if you can fit your hand in then a fox can get in
Title: Re: How big is a fox's head?
Post by: wolverine on March 30, 2011, 17:40
That's amazing considering the size of a fox
I read a story in the news last week about a guy who got pulled through a machine an te gap he went through was the size of a cd case !!!!  It smashed his pelvis but he was ok!
Amazing
Title: Re: How big is a fox's head?
Post by: wildwitchy on March 30, 2011, 18:06
Quote from: asd1 on March 30, 2011, 16:54
A good way to tell is if you can fit your hand in then a fox can get in

gosh, I didnt know they could get in places that small!!
Title: Re: How big is a fox's head?
Post by: asd1 on March 30, 2011, 20:39
Trust me iv just had a fox attack it was a tiny gap but it got in and took three hens
Title: Re: How big is a fox's head?
Post by: Sassy on March 31, 2011, 18:07
If you think of a fox's head it is very narrow. It can look 'fatter' because of the fur. :(