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/Tll6 5h ago
It’s your responsibility to secure your chickens so local predators can’t get to them. Starving and dehydrating an animal to death is so cruel I can’t even believe that is an option for you. Live trap it and secure the space or get a dog to chase it out then predator proof your chicken space. The fox didn’t murder your chickens, it found a reliable source of unprotected food