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Post by Tim Horton on Jul 17, 2020 23:49:12 GMT
Over the last 2 nights we have lost 7 of our 9 geese..
They have lived outside as the chicken house is divided into various stages of sized chickens until the sale weekend after this..
Something came over the 8' fence and did the damage.. Same evidence as last fall when the fox was seen going over the 8' fence to exit the scene of the crime.. I set my big live trap and about 3 days later "took care of business" with that outlaw.. Have the trap set and ready again now as all the evidence this time is the same as last time.... We will see how it goes...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2020 0:13:14 GMT
Oh, Tim! I am so sorry you lost your geese!
Hope you catch that low-down, thieving varmint.
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Post by daw on Jul 18, 2020 0:42:08 GMT
I accept all wildlife but foxes and for their good they
had better not cross my sites.
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Post by Mari on Jul 18, 2020 0:46:03 GMT
Wow Tim Horton, That just breaks my heart indeed. So very sorry to hear that. |
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Jul 18, 2020 1:14:31 GMT
Tim Horton, What kind of fence? I just can't imagine a fox climbing like that. I'm sure you're right, but it's just hard to picture.
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Post by daw on Jul 18, 2020 1:33:04 GMT
Foxes are incredibly smart. Light footed.
They dig tunnels for a good ways to come
Up under the chicken house or inside the pen.
They wiped out almost half of my flock in a matter of hours.
33 chickens.
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Post by Tim Horton on Jul 18, 2020 1:47:13 GMT
Tim Horton, What kind of fence? I just can't imagine a fox climbing like that. I'm sure you're right, but it's just hard to picture.
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The fox seen climbing the fence went in over 2"X4" wire mesh 8' high.. It went out over 8' chain link.. Said to have climbed it like nothing..
New evidence....
I also found a spot where something dug under a goose gate between the high fence paddock and another paddock... The hole a little bigger than a soft ball, and a paw print that was definitely K9.... I moved my live trap into the adjoining paddock. Tonight we will confine the last 2 geese with the chickens. I may or may not get a trail cam set up tonight..
I also intend to dig out the gate and bury a length of landscape timber in front of the hole in the goose gate so digging under won't be successful..
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Post by Jolly on Jul 18, 2020 2:54:41 GMT
Fox lives matter!😄
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Jul 18, 2020 12:01:15 GMT
We have an open run for daytime, and a closed run with an entrance to the coop for night. The closed run is walled in hardware cloth buried 6" deep in concrete, and a metal roof. That's about as safe as I can make it.
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Post by Jolly on Jul 18, 2020 13:34:21 GMT
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Post by joebill on Jul 27, 2020 16:49:49 GMT
B'rer fox usually can be told by his tracks that will usually leave a straight line of tracks, not staggered.
He can be defeated at the very top of that 8' fence by a single strand of electric fence wire or string, stretched between corner posts. The string is easier to load and keep from grounding against the fence because it is so very light weight.
Of course, to be effective, you have to ground the main fence. You can also stretch a line of electric string a few inches (VERY FEW) outside the main fence at your own eye level. Easier to install with your feet on the ground instead of a ladder.
Soak the string in sardine oil or tuna before installing, since that will entice the little bastard to give it aa sniff as he gets near and give him a buzz in his little black nose that will stand his hair on end!
Some of the cheaper electric fence chargers do not operate in pulses, but a steady sizzle, and I like those best for quick-moving animals. Solar chargers are pretty cheap these days, and often have internal batteries for night time.
Of course, if you are remote enough not to fear dropping a protected species like a thieving neighbor, you can just plug it in to the 120v outlet, witch will do more damage, but might not make it through the hair if he brushes it with his furry parts, where the higher voltage and lower amperage of the fence charger is a more sure shock but will not do much except teach a lesson, unless it clamps his innocent little paw to the fence for a time....Joe
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Post by Tim Horton on Jul 30, 2020 21:04:20 GMT
Yes.. Electric fence is usually effective with most critters...
Up here they use a lot of electric fence for bears.. Problem is you have to use barbed wire, fenced almost as rigid and tight as livestock fence and well grounded to get through there fir..
There is also a thing called a "Coyote Roller"... A homemade thing with a length of small wire cable stretched over the top of a fence.. Over that is a 1" pvc pipe, over that is a 3" pvc pipe.. The object being the animal get to the top then the roller prevents them from getting footing to go over..
The term I heard used for 120V electric fence is "weed burner" I have to think it would just singe off summer fur on an animal that crossed it..
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Forgot to mention.... There have been times my temper would not be against using land mines.. But at my age, I would forget where I put them.. OUCH...
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Post by ceresone on Dec 18, 2020 20:15:48 GMT
Every time I scroll past this post, I wonder how many geese are left now?
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Post by Tim Horton on Dec 19, 2020 1:40:08 GMT
Every time I scroll past this post, I wonder how many geese are left now?
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We do have 2 geese left... As they have matured, it appears they are one of each sex... Just guessing from behavior we have seen..
So with a little luck, we will have more sometime next year..
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Post by Thtwudbeme on Dec 19, 2020 2:51:40 GMT
Tim Horton , What kind of fence? I just can't imagine a fox climbing like that. I'm sure you're right, but it's just hard to picture.
Then you will be amazed that alligators can climb fences...
Bears like to get in on the act...
Even turtles....
Although not every turtle makes it over...
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