Awoke this morning to my daughter saying there was a fox in the chicken run.
A neighbour had called to her when she opened her bedroom window to tell her and in all fairness she was awake alot earlier than she normaly is.
So I jumped out of bed (not easy with a bad back!) threw on a pair of jeans and ran (hobbled) up the garden onto the plot sending the dog ahead of me with the command "go see" which sends her off barking thinking shes big and strong!
I grabbed a rake and headed for the coop to find 2 of my girls dead. Not decapetated just killed. Mr fox was gone so I started to look for the other bodies when one of my girls came creeping out of her coop thankfully unharmed....she is the only one left though.
The blooming fox had made off with one girl and killed two for the hell of it but the most confusing thing is their run and coop is like fort knox. I cannot see where the damn thing got in or out?
?? No gaps or holes. All fencing intact along with the roof.
So with regret I am hanging up my chook shoes for a while. Ive moved our last girl into the run & coop in the garden under the dogs protection and will have to see if I can find just one friend for her but thats it now until we move house.
The thing that gets me is I dont know how that damn fox got in and out and feel that its my fault that the girls got killed. Its soo damn frustrating.