I have never seen a fox here, but have heard them.
A year ago there were some chickens kept in an open barn behind us, they roamed free but went 'indoors' at night. One night they were all massacred :cry: and no one heard a thing. Whether that was a fox or a local dog, we don't know.
The chickens are safe at night, and during the day I leave my dog outside, so presumably the fox won't come into the garden.
My only concern now is, when I do go out for a day, my dog, or any other dog getting into the chicken's space.
My dog jumps at the fence barking if a chicken gets too close, and her mum bellebelle, seems to have adopted us. She is free to roam, I have seen her all around, and if I go on a walk she follows me and she sleeps outside our gate. Her 'owner' lives in the hamlet, and just puts food out for her. She also has another dog, (one of my dogs sisters from a different season) who is kept locked in a barn overnight, and then in a garden of an empty house during the day. This is Bella (my dog) sat outside the chicken run :roll:
and this is her mum bellebelle sat outside our gate
there is also another, male and very dominant dog free in the day. I think during the day, between them, they would keep foxes at bay.