When we got back home from our day out in Thursday we were confronted by a large pile of feathers, another hen has been taken, this was one of the older Maran cross hens and she was a bit slow on her feet, so although it seems rather heartless to say it, the fox, which is what we are now certain it is, has taken our two problem hens. I am now on guard at all times and we have agreed that if we are planning on being out during the day, the hens will be kept in the enclosure until someone is home. I know this isn't a safe plan as foxes have taken our hens in the past while we have been home, but as they seem to be getting picked off one by one, I'm hoping it's a young animal that is wary of humans and it will stay away if it hears activity around the place.
Our biggest problem is the farmers field to the left of the house( or right, depending on which way you're looking 😉) it has a broad bean crop in which is currently around 4ft high and a perfect way for the fox to creep up unseen.
Anyway last night, as they had been locked in all day, they wouldn't go to bed until the last rays of the sun were dropping away, which led to a fraught evening for me, I was outside every 10 minutes checking on them.
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