Fox trouble

Green farmer

I'm still having grief with the fox or multiple foxes. Has lead me to thinking, if I fenced a section of a field 1 acre or so, to lock them into each night, how high would the fence have to be to stop the fox from getting in ? . Sheep wire is no good as they can get in through the squares, and I think the fox can tear holes in chicken wire if determined enough, so a mixture of electric and something else? Anyway,what ye think ???

archer22

A Farmer here swears by electric fence..he uses two strands.

Birdnuts

archer22 wrote: »

A Farmer here swears by electric fence..he uses two strands.

+ 1

Gamekeepers use it to keep foxes, mink etc. out of pheasant pens.

Salmonman

Green farmer wrote: »

I'm still having grief with the fox or multiple foxes. Has lead me to thinking, if I fenced a section of a field 1 acre or so, to lock them into each night, how high would the fence have to be to stop the fox from getting in ? . Sheep wire is no good as they can get in through the squares, and I think the fox can tear holes in chicken wire if determined enough, so a mixture of electric and something else? Anyway,what ye think ???

A neighbour of mine lost 7 lambs last week to the fox so he put up flashing lights on the fence boundary, the lights u get on bikes and he hasn't lost any more lambs since.
Maybe it's just luck but might b worth trying

foxylock

Salmonman wrote: »

A neighbour of mine lost 7 lambs last week to the fox so he put up flashing lights on the fence boundary, the lights u get on bikes and he hasn't lost any more lambs since.
Maybe it's just luck but might b worth trying

l have been using the fox deterrent lights with a couple of years now and they definitely help. Also last year i let a small radio on all night. Sounds mad but it kept them off me.

Conmaicne Mara

Are they taking the ones you put the tar on?

Green farmer

Thanks guys. I seem to have curbed the trouble in relation to the lambs. Some tactics I'm using, small radio left on in a (scented) coat hanging from fence, parking jeep in different locations in field, scanning a light around field at different times in night, hunters paying regular visits. Stock tar !!! I'm going to sort out something new for next year.

Green farmer

Another possible preditor lads,

Lost a ewe overnight. Was badly scavenged. No way fox could have done it. Udder completely gone and hind leg eaten to the bone. Nothing else touched . This ever happen to anybody else ?

Birdnuts

Green farmer wrote: »

Another possible preditor lads,

Lost a ewe overnight. Was badly scavenged. No way fox could have done it. Udder completely gone and hind leg eaten to the bone. Nothing else touched . This ever happen to anybody else ?

Sounds like a dog attack - if you don't get to shoot the culprit the electric fence should keep them safe from dogs too.

Conmaicne Mara

Seen a fox at 10.30 this morning, only the stick with me :rolleyes: Took off like a scalded cat so he saw me first.