What killed my 3 girls !!!

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Viv

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« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2008, 06:48 »
Ours are out about 05.30am at the moment if OH is up before me, otherwise its 06.00am
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« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2008, 13:49 »
Quote from: "Aunt Sally"
I still think it could have been a stoat  :!:

Quote from: "http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A13391129"
Stoats are very wily hunters and are rarely taken by predators unless very young. Like foxes, they will frenzy when faced with abundant prey, such as in a chicken run, with the intention of returning to feast on more carcasses later.


I think you could be right, mate of mine suggested a Mink but i think a Stoat is the more likely. Prob not a cat as i dont think one would go into the house and chase them out.
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« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2008, 15:32 »
mink or ferral polecat will doit! i had a ferral polcat kill 14 chooks one night.we cirtainly didnt waste them though all got eaten!

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« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2008, 22:40 »
It's tricky trying to fit in being around at the right time for letting the girls out and putting them to bed. Could you make one of those pophole openers?

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« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2008, 22:48 »
Slatz is in the process of making one.

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=15360

He's posted up the instructions and shopping list.

Rob

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« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2008, 13:51 »
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i always make sure my girls are tucked up before dusk. and keep my foxwatch on 24/7. every little bit of protection helps.

unless you have a deaf fox  :roll:


What's a foxwatch? Ultrasonic sound gizmo? Does it work & where can I get one? I lost my best Speckled Hen to a fox last week and I've seen the fox twice since. He's not deaf, runs like hell when I tell him what he is.

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« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2008, 13:56 »
I have a FoxWatch and I swear by it  :!:

http://www.conceptresearch.co.uk/fox.htm

It's worth running it from the mains too, no worries about the battery going flat then  :shock:


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