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Jeremy Heise
Lost some laying hens this week <img src="http://orthodoxcircle.com/file/pic/emoticon/default/unhappy.png"; alt="Unhappy" title="Unhappy" title="v_middle" />. A fox I think. Mine have a pasture area with a portable coop inside of electric netting, but a handful of them figured out how to get out and have been free ranging each day. They like sheep went astray, they would not stay in no matter what we tried. Guess it just comes with the territory.
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Elizabeth D.
I am very sorry to hear that. We had a fox problem (as well as coon) at one point. But our livestock guardian dogs have made a huge difference. I do want to move some Muscovy ducks into the garden area which is quite a ways from the dogs and main (free range) poultry area. I was hoping to use electr... View More
Jeremy Heise
<p>Hey Elizabeth, the electric fence wasn't the problem, it was the "independent" chickens that were the problem. At least one of them flew over the fence. I do think their feathers help to minimize the shock. Not sure that it would work for a fox though. I think this was more a circumstantial s... View More
Elizabeth D.
Great! I plan to build a well secured duck house next to the garden too. So hopefully the combination of the too will work. I desperately need grasshopper patrollers that don't dig in the garden.
Elizabeth D.
"Combination of the two".
