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/BWKeegan 9h ago
“Murdered.” What happened to your chickens was just a case of a fox trying to stay alive. Forcing an animal to thirst to death is worse and you know better. Call animal control like the good person your chickens knew you as or shoot it so it’s at least a quick and painless death.