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| Bee Haven Maven |
Posted - May 29 2007 : 05:32:06 AM
Whew! What a rough Spring we are having on Bee Haven Acres. We have lost another 4 chickens and several ducks. Our numbers are quickly diminishing thanks to a very hungry fox and her kits. They have made their den in our woods. Any suggestions on how to get rid of them. I hate to see them come to harm, but the slaughter has to stop. Any ideas?????
Keep Smiling.....Bev
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| Justimagine |
Posted - May 31 2007 : 06:05:57 AM
We built an "aviary" out of chicken wire. It's about 30 by 20. Wasn't too hard. I did most of it myself. We knew from the start it would be the only way we could keep chickens out here. We are in the middle of 40 acres of heavily wooded land and have hawks, coyotes, bobcats and other chicken loving critters to contend with! Plus our three dogs! They've been raised in the pen and I feed them grain for laying hens that I buy at Walmart, and big piles of grass when we cut around their pen. They seem happy enough. Kate~
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| Libbie |
Posted - May 31 2007 : 03:23:01 AM
I wonder - what if you contained your girls for the rest of the year - do you think the fox would get out of the "habit" of coming over for dinner? I dont' know a think about fox behavior, but just maybe...
XOXO, Libbie
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| Bee Haven Maven |
Posted - May 29 2007 : 1:49:52 PM
Well, we have a wire chicken yard, but as is always the case is mostly dirt and our "girls" love to roam. They have the free range life...that is until they become a statistic.....yikes. But I guess imprisonment is better than being eaten......
Keep Smiling.....Bev
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| Kathie |
Posted - May 29 2007 : 09:18:24 AM
That is so disheartening isn't it? I am so sorry Bev..
We have that problem with the hawks & eagles Little ones just don't make it.. & every once in a while a stray dog wander through & snatches up another one.. If i want to keep Chickens.. i have to keep them up where I live.. Or they just wouldn't make it really..
Maybe a really nice sized pen like Nancy said will be what you have to do for the chickens.. Not sure what your going to do about all those sweet happy little ducks of yours though..
Not fair is it..
Sorry...
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| Alee |
Posted - May 29 2007 : 08:38:51 AM
I wonder if the fox would eat dog food instead?
Alee |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - May 29 2007 : 07:55:44 AM
Sorry to hear this Bev. How about a big wire pen with a wire top?
NANCY JO
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| mrsmorgen |
Posted - May 29 2007 : 07:33:01 AM
I don't have any ideas really but I sympathize completely, I cant have chickens cause the bear eats them. he ate our rabbits and my friends chickens. my other girlfriend put her chickens in an old trailer to keep the bears away. could she be lured off with kitchen scraps.... my pap feeds his, maybe they could be made lazy!!! of course you dont want them all hanging around. the game commission doesn't relocate them too, do they?
morgen
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