Well it is getting to the time of year when the nights start closing in and the world starts getting ready for winter.
Unfortunately for us that seems to mean a really abrupt increase in fox attacks on our hens and ducks. There was a really dramatic increase this time last year and I was one of them and the pattern seems to be repeating itself this year.
It seems to be a combination of the early nights catching people out, many more foxes around as this years cubs mature and are not yet thinned out by the winter and the dropping levels of food making them all more bold.
It is a truely heartbreaking sight to come out to the carnage left by a fox so it is the time to take extra care locking up your birds.
Be vigilent!!!
