Hi All,
The UK is not the only country bad with foxes this year. I am in West Aust
..
I have had a few hens taken . But the adjoining property Has most of the
new born as well as older lambs taken or tungs /heads eaten off.I found
if
the rabbits are breeding good the foxes are also .
Sorry to hear about your chooks .
Peggy
Are you sure it was a fox which ate off the tongues and heads and left the
bodies? It seems a strange modus operandi for a fox, especially if there are
plenty of rabbits about.
Surely in Western Australia there are things like dingos and other predators
to contend with?
Re: OT - Boxing Day ... No, that's not what I am suggesting, although I appreciate that you antis ... takes a farmer's chickens or lambs then his business loses money in the same ... > Accepted that an occasional lamb is killed by a fox;... (uk.rec.walking)
Re: Foxes ... No problem Peggy.... Eating the head only seems to be done by some foxes around here and certainly does not seem 'normal behaviour' but I've seen it done and wouldn't have believed it otherwise. ... Around here it may be one of my hens at lunch time, the neighbours new born lambs, especially if its one of a twin/triplets, or mice and grasshoppers which we are overflowing with at present. ... Most of the time I just don't have a gun handy when I see the fox and I am too tired at night to go spotlighting these days. ... (sci.agriculture.poultry)
Re: SPOILER..... Jill ... > especially if we thought our lambs at risk. ... dispatch the fox.... When the hunting bill was being debated one argument was that if ...shoot foxes which would mean there would be fewer of them. ... (uk.media.radio.archers)
Re: Foxes ... My friend saw a fox attack a lamb as it was ...born.... And yes I know it is a fox as I have seen her. ... (sci.agriculture.poultry)
Re: My Barn Swallows. ... I for one think these guys are far smarter than us. ... I saw a fox today in Edinburgh, not a cub, but a young adult, came within about 6 feet of me and just looked at me before scampering away. ... (I wouldn't like them if I had chickens or lambs, fair enough, but this was a semi-urban fox.) ... (uk.people.support.depression)
