Grr... Sorry to vent my spleen here, but right now I need to talk and I know that many here will sympathise...
We've been keeping poultry for about 4 years now, and yesterday morning I went to do the usual feed and water routine, only to find that a fox had been in and killed all the chickens, and all bar three of the ducks, who had managed to hide on the pond. I know it was a fox, because, apart from being the typical M.O. of a fox (kill everything in sight, never mind what you need to eat), while I was there picking up carcasses, he came back to pick up some more of his kill.
I'm not a active supporter of hunting with dogs, but right now I'd be happy to see just one more foxhunt....
Not really a civilised point of view, I know, but the sight of all those carcasses and feathers tends to cloud your judgement a little...
Grr...
We've been keeping poultry for about 4 years now, and yesterday morning I went to do the usual feed and water routine, only to find that a fox had been in and killed all the chickens, and all bar three of the ducks, who had managed to hide on the pond. I know it was a fox, because, apart from being the typical M.O. of a fox (kill everything in sight, never mind what you need to eat), while I was there picking up carcasses, he came back to pick up some more of his kill.
I'm not a active supporter of hunting with dogs, but right now I'd be happy to see just one more foxhunt....
Not really a civilised point of view, I know, but the sight of all those carcasses and feathers tends to cloud your judgement a little...
Grr...