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Catching a fox

MardyassMardyass

My chickens are being plagued by a fox,think its getting in via a large hedge at the back end,up to now its had 18 chooks and 3 ducks,got up today to find it had ripped the door off the chicken house :o(
Really need to catch the culprit and rather than shooting it would like to buy a humane trap,any ideas where to start looking for a good deal?

or any other ideas of catching the fox?

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    Syzable
    Syzable[mod]2 years, 7 months ago #1Show comment toolsReply
    You can get sprays which mimic scent marking that will keep them away........alternatively it will cost you around £100+ for a humane trap but you then have the problem what to do with it when you catch it as if you relocate the fox you could be leaving it's young to die.
    r4ge
    r4ge2 years, 7 months ago #2Show comment toolsReply
    just get an old tyre :{

    http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRDcbzSLnPPW5Pkoa_xsf31HeMLbHDie-aK3MDQwQ1ZtlIo2Lk&t=1&usg=__BV5qLexJc25o67sdsC5TkoP7SRI=
    Mardyass
    ive tried the repellents and lights and nothing is keeping it away :(
    Syzable
    Syzable[mod]2 years, 7 months ago #4Show comment toolsReply
    Mardyass
    ive tried the repellents and lights and nothing is keeping it away :(


    Do you have a dog? We had a problem at a old house but when we got a dog it was too afraid to ever enter the garden.

    Your local hunt lodge may be able to help but i don't know how humane they would be. :(
    Mardyass
    I have 3 dogs lol only i havent had the heart to leave them out overnight as its been frosty here
    Flynn Jack
    Poss worth a look here and I'm not taking the pizz
    Syzable
    Mardyass
    I have 3 dogs lol only i havent had the heart to leave them out overnight as its been frosty here


    Ours always stayed indoors overnight but we found the fox stopped coming. Maybe i was too slow cleaning up the turds. :{ X)
    Penny Saver
    Can't you just stop it getting into the garden? Foxes won't jump over something if they can't see where they will land - try putting up a fence? Worked for us. We replaced a tatty hedge with a fence, then replanted a much better hedge just beyond it.
    Mardyass
    its coming through a chain link fence,a hedge then poultry netting,guess its one determined fox!
    DLM
    DLM2 years, 7 months ago #10Show comment toolsReply
    Have you put human hair around the coop?
    Mardyass
    never heard of using human hair dlm??
    DLM
    DLM2 years, 7 months ago #12Show comment toolsReply
    Mardyass
    never heard of using human hair dlm??


    They are not supposed to like it :)
    Mardyass
    hmmmm worth a try then i guess now which kid would like a hair cut today lolol
    dog_cop
    DLM
    DLM2 years, 7 months ago #15Show comment toolsReply
    Mardyass
    hmmmm worth a try then i guess now which kid would like a hair cut today lolol


    I have my neighbour's sons hair in the bottom of old tights hung up around the coop X)
    DAMNOME
    DLM
    Have you put human hair around the coop?


    lol - it will just blow away

    you need to pee all the way round it - then turn around three times and touch your toes
    DAMNOME
    DLM
    I have my neighbour's sons hair in the bottom of old tights hung up around the coop X)


    Probably better off just hanging up some smelly socks
    DLM
    DLM2 years, 7 months ago #18Show comment toolsReply
    DAMNOME
    DLM
    I have my neighbour's sons hair in the bottom of old tights hung up around the coop X)


    Probably better off just hanging up some smelly socks


    Maybe :p
    whatsThePoint
    get a stronger chicken house, it will soon move on once it realises no food to be had
    the sedge
    DLM
    Have you put human hair around the coop?


    yep human hair get some from the local barber shop and put it into the legs of tights and hang around the fence.many as you can.

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