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Palustris:
Lost two bantams today to a marauding fox. One Exchequer leghorn and Attila the Hen. The Friesans flew up into the top of the Pear tree and stayed there for hours. The ducks were safe in the middle of the pond. Trouble is once it has seen the hens it will come back. And tomorrow we have to be out all day. Very worrying.

Hyacinth:
Oh Eric, I'm so very very sorry. I was fond of Attila, especially  :'( ...... :(Lishka

teresa:
Oh Eric I am so sorry to hear of your loss do you have a dog you can leave outside to scare the fox away?

Teresa

Palustris:
No dogs, next doors did not even bark and it usually does for anything. We will leave them in the run for tomorrow, but it is not really satisfactory. They need a lot more food for a start and I do not like to see them penned up in a small area (even if it is bigger than the size allowed for them in all the literature etc.)
Also found a dead rat in the greenhouse this morning, courtesy of the cat.
We will not replace any that go, it is getting too expensive and difficult and too stressful also.
The farm opposite has outdoor pigs and he was losing PIGLETS to foxes, so if a professional cannot protect his animals, what chance do we stand?
Our friends down the road lost 5 hens in the 20 minutes spent collecting children from school, so I suppose we were lucky that Anne looked out of the window and saw what was happening in time to save the rest.

Mrs Ava:
Eric :'(  What a lousy thing to happen!  Thank goodness it was caught in the act.  What a rotten Sunday for you  :'(

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