Do you like foxes living near your house.......
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regional variations I suppose.
Having been out with dogs and brought both back, Reds here are NOT larger than the greys. The reds are much more prevalent however.
Having been out with dogs and brought both back, Reds here are NOT larger than the greys. The reds are much more prevalent however.
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How do we know you're not making **** up? :laughing:
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Yes, i like foxes living close by. And not have vermin overrun my home.
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Those American foxes.
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I had 28 chickens free ranging 24-7, for the last month I had them a big red fox was chasing my chickens every morning, my cattle were chasing the fox lmao.
The fox took down 3 chickens in that time, which is surprising due to how incredibly stupid chickens are lol
I ended up gathering up all the chickens, collected 21 hens and 2 roosters and sold them all for $2 a pop.
Later, about 3 days later 2 hens show up in the barn, apparently they like to roost in the neighbors yard up a pine tree lol. There still back there to this day, 3 weeks after I sold the others, that's the only time I have seen a fox at my place and haven't seen it since.
I certainly have no interest in killing the fox, each animal is important for the ecosystem, possum and coons included, sometimes there numbers need to be adjusted but overall there needed.
I have a bunch of grey squirrels, 3-4 albino white squirrels, there's so many squirrels that you can watch them at almost any time of the day, the neighbors like to feed the albino ones, they think there neat and are kinda known around here.
I have a skunk or two in the area, I have walked in my coop at night getting eggs and see it waddling out the door, that happened about 6 times in 2 years, my dog got sprayed last month lmao. Skunks are good at eating bugs and different insects.
I have 1-2 feral cats living back by the barns, I feed them now and again, they keep the mice down.
Wild life of all kinds are welcome, if they over step there welcome with over populate, that will be dealt with, I make sure I have a well balanced ecosystem, all the way down to feeding the local vultures
, they clean up and dead animals in 1-2 days max, nothing lasts long enough to rot around here, that's really nice.
An animal with rabies is another story, that's a no brainer.
The fox took down 3 chickens in that time, which is surprising due to how incredibly stupid chickens are lol
I ended up gathering up all the chickens, collected 21 hens and 2 roosters and sold them all for $2 a pop.
Later, about 3 days later 2 hens show up in the barn, apparently they like to roost in the neighbors yard up a pine tree lol. There still back there to this day, 3 weeks after I sold the others, that's the only time I have seen a fox at my place and haven't seen it since.
I certainly have no interest in killing the fox, each animal is important for the ecosystem, possum and coons included, sometimes there numbers need to be adjusted but overall there needed.
I have a bunch of grey squirrels, 3-4 albino white squirrels, there's so many squirrels that you can watch them at almost any time of the day, the neighbors like to feed the albino ones, they think there neat and are kinda known around here.
I have a skunk or two in the area, I have walked in my coop at night getting eggs and see it waddling out the door, that happened about 6 times in 2 years, my dog got sprayed last month lmao. Skunks are good at eating bugs and different insects.
I have 1-2 feral cats living back by the barns, I feed them now and again, they keep the mice down.
Wild life of all kinds are welcome, if they over step there welcome with over populate, that will be dealt with, I make sure I have a well balanced ecosystem, all the way down to feeding the local vultures
, they clean up and dead animals in 1-2 days max, nothing lasts long enough to rot around here, that's really nice. An animal with rabies is another story, that's a no brainer.
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late night, family asked to store something in shed for a gift to one of there kids. went out to open up shed and turn on lights, so they could quickly unload and scoot out of there, walking back to house, saw 2 sets of eyes from coyotes bearing down on me in the distance.
they never got close to me, due to rather quick run to the door of home, but still.
have seen what coyotes can do to cattle.
and more than likely in the packs of coyotes around here, some stray dogs mixed in (drop off's) so many times larger dogs mixed in.
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raccoons. have seen a few dog to raccoon fights. no thanks. have walked up on a couple in shed. i walked away as quickly as i could.
possums. also seen dog to possum fights, no thanks.
have seen some dog to dog fights, no thanks.
small to large animals with teeth and claws, they would more likely eat me alive, vs me doing much damage if at all any damage to them, to get them to run away, and for me to get away from them.
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if it is within my ability, will do what i can to remove source of what ever is attracting the animals. and do my darnist to say use a radio or like to drive them away.
they never got close to me, due to rather quick run to the door of home, but still.
have seen what coyotes can do to cattle.
and more than likely in the packs of coyotes around here, some stray dogs mixed in (drop off's) so many times larger dogs mixed in.
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raccoons. have seen a few dog to raccoon fights. no thanks. have walked up on a couple in shed. i walked away as quickly as i could.
possums. also seen dog to possum fights, no thanks.
have seen some dog to dog fights, no thanks.
small to large animals with teeth and claws, they would more likely eat me alive, vs me doing much damage if at all any damage to them, to get them to run away, and for me to get away from them.
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if it is within my ability, will do what i can to remove source of what ever is attracting the animals. and do my darnist to say use a radio or like to drive them away.