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Hello again,
Well the inevitable has happened.........went out to feed the girls this morning and outside the henhouse were some big foxy footprints. Lady next door heard the darned thing in the night. All girls safe, thank goodness, but I am worried now he will be back! How do I deter him, please? I have a tiny town garden,6ft fences on 2 sides and the 4ft fence between here and next door, she has a cat flap in her gate and I suspect it got in through there and then hopped over the fence off some stuff she has stacked against the fence??
I have blocked up the cat flap (it's pouring down so her moggy won't be out tonight!) and I was worried about the bolt slides on hen house and run......I thought Mr Fox wouldn't take much working to open them? So I have put some wire up against them to cover them - the wire is the strong galvanised stuff from the run extension we are making.
I have 2 stockings hung over the hen house filled with hair the barber gave me but was wondering what else I can do about the unwanted visitor? I tried to talk Dad into peeing in the garden as I heard men's urine was a good deterent, but he was convinced I was winding him up!
I have also heard tiger poo helps but I can't see how, as Mr Fox will obviously not come across tiger poo in this corner of the coastal north east of England so may just think, sniff sniff, strange poo! OOH chicken dinner???
Any advice greatly received!
Best wishes to all except foxes!!!
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Lem X
Well the inevitable has happened.........went out to feed the girls this morning and outside the henhouse were some big foxy footprints. Lady next door heard the darned thing in the night. All girls safe, thank goodness, but I am worried now he will be back! How do I deter him, please? I have a tiny town garden,6ft fences on 2 sides and the 4ft fence between here and next door, she has a cat flap in her gate and I suspect it got in through there and then hopped over the fence off some stuff she has stacked against the fence??
I have blocked up the cat flap (it's pouring down so her moggy won't be out tonight!) and I was worried about the bolt slides on hen house and run......I thought Mr Fox wouldn't take much working to open them? So I have put some wire up against them to cover them - the wire is the strong galvanised stuff from the run extension we are making.
I have 2 stockings hung over the hen house filled with hair the barber gave me but was wondering what else I can do about the unwanted visitor? I tried to talk Dad into peeing in the garden as I heard men's urine was a good deterent, but he was convinced I was winding him up!
I have also heard tiger poo helps but I can't see how, as Mr Fox will obviously not come across tiger poo in this corner of the coastal north east of England so may just think, sniff sniff, strange poo! OOH chicken dinner???
Any advice greatly received!
Best wishes to all except foxes!!!

Lem X