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>tfw a fox or several foxes raided the chicken yard yesterday evening.
I lost 5 chickens. The entire place is fenced with welded wire fencing, but they pushed under the fence then when leaving they actually mushroomed a place to get out under it (bottom right pic). I've been skirting the fencing since forever, but it is a lot of work. Had I finished, this wouldn't have happened.
The thing is that these are daylight raids since the chickens are locked in the coop a night with a padlock. This is the second time this has happened this year for a total loss of 9 hens/roosters and 5 ducks.
Its going to be a long day. I need to clear cut the outside of the fence so the skirting can be placed on the ground. It'll get wired to the bottom of the existing fence. This prevents animals from digging or pushing under the fencing. There's over an acre of land that's fenced in, so this will take forever.
