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I sat outside the Chicken Coop the other day facing the corner of the hay field. Some of the Hens had wandered down in the tall grasses to jump for bugs. Something told me to sit and bring the .22 and I am glad I did. All of a sudden, in a flash I saw our wonderful Red Fox jump.....I took a shot.......it stopped......I reloaded.....I shot......it ran. I missed ! I walked down and around the field with Daughter, Husband and the gun.....to see if he was peering out....and found one of our young Buff Brahma Hens convulsing. There were a few feathers missing from the neck so I am assuming that the Fox got to it before the shots rang out. I felt really bad about the Chicken, but glad to have been able at least scare the pants off of the Fox......Not for long. It was getting dark...the heat did not let up much.....I placed our little lifeless Chicken inside one of the enclosed kennels up on the lawn-several hundred feet from where it died. The next morning...... There was a small bowl shaped hole dug out on the outside of the kennel......feathers all over.......the Chicken was gone. This Fox is one determined.....little........$%*)_*&
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:00:00 +0000

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