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> On 29 Mar, 13:01, n...@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

> > In article
> > <ad843474-4083-4471-a10b-df78d646a...@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,TC
> > <con...@gmail.com> writes:

> > |> On 29 Mar, 12:18, "Mary Fisher" <mary.fis...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > |> > "TC" <con...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > |> >
> > |> > The idea of a chicken looking through mesh at a fox is, I'd say,
> > |> > so unlikely as to be laughable. If they see a fox or unfamiliar dog
> > |> > from a long way they'll try to get away.
> > |> >
> > |> > I doubt that a fox could bite through chicken wire too, they never
> > have
> > |> > here.
> > |>
> > |> Well I'm told it happens! Maybe it happens in a small %age of cases
> > |> and you're not one of those. I get a fox every night sniffing about
> > |> so it'll have plenty of opportunity to plan a form of attack....

> > And I am told that people have had rides in flying saucers, have
> > talked to Elvis and so on :-)

> > Regards,
> > Nick Maclaren.

> Not sure if its more foolish to believe everything or to believe
> nothing...but I suppose intelligence is shown in the deciding.

> Argue here if you like:http://forums.thepoultrykeeper.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=13478

> "I obviously don't want 2" holes at the sides, as chooks could put their
> heads out for Reynard to bite off! (Yes I have heard of this happening!)"

> For centuries 'men say' has not been accepted as evidence, it's called
> hearsay and is meaningless. It's been responsible for very many injustices.

> My deciding is based on personal experience and the knowledge that chickens
> are not stupid. Although, come to think of it, if a chicken DID stick out
> its head and it was bitten off it would be a Good Thing, it would remove an
> undesirable trait from progeny.

> When my chickens and others I have known (a daughter is a free range chicken
> farmer) if a fox is seen the birds run for cover. If mine see a ginger cat
> they do the same (fox have more in common with cats in many ways than they
> do with dogs).

> I've thought of another possible solution to the problem - get a dog and
> train it to leave the chickens alone. It is said that fox won't come near a
> dog. I have other experience ...

> A physical barrier is the only sure one. Renardine works for a time but it
> time consuming, has to be repeated frequently and becomes expensive. Peeing
> on the boundary is cheaper but has to be repeated frequently. A shotgun
> would work for a while but a new generatio9n of fox would be lured to the
> garden by the noise of chickens.

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