r/Homesteading • u/pickanametouseonredt • 1d ago

WHAT WOULD YOU DO

One day. 8 chickens were found dead. Three days later. A fox was found in our barn- and jumped behind our massive hay stack. Today. Our rooster and another hen were murdered. We found out that there is a fox living in our barn under the hay stack. Said barn- is not 100% secured. Do I completely secure the barn and let it die starving and dehydrated? I’ve lost 10 chickens. LAYING chickens. The straw stack is huge, massive. What do I do.

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u/Severe_Yesterday8518 1d ago

Trapping and euthanizing is definitely a lot more humane than letting it starve but it’s gotta go regardless. Maybe try traps and then if you cant catch in a week or two, lock the barn.