Foxes

Call us for the removal of problem foxes to alleviate the damage to property and the risks to health which are commonly associated with foxes that have taken up residence on or around your property. We provide a discreet fox removal service to clients where foxes have become an issue. Below are some statistics regarding foxes.

The fox has to be every poultry keeper’s number one enemy. Sadly, many people have lost their chickens or other poultry to a fox, and when it happens, it can be devastating.

Foxes are careful, meticulous hunters and there isn’t usually much evidence of a visit. If birds are out in a large run or field during the day, a small patch of feathers is often all you will find. They do of course need an entry and exit point, and if the area is fenced, this is usually a small hole under a gate or fence. There will often be no signs of entry if they have managed to get over the top of a fence. If a fox gets into a small run or chicken house and there are a number of birds in there, they can get into a killing ‘frenzy’ and will kill 30 or more birds, usually taking only one bird with them. Typically, they will bite the heads off of the birds. Sometimes, they will bury the bodies if there is enough loose soil.

Foxes are generally lone hunters, except when they first leave their mother when they often hunt as a pair or a trio. They are pack animals and will keep in touch with the other members of their family by barking. You can sometimes hear this at night. Although foxes are year-round predators the time’s poultry are most at risk is when foxes are feeding their cubs in the spring. Another time is towards the end of the summer when the mother leaves the cubs to go and find their food for themselves. You are more likely to have a visit from a fox during the daytime when the cubs are learning to hunt and aren’t so wary of people. There is no difference between an urban and a country fox – they are both the same species; however, the fox has adapted to many different environments. Both urban and country foxes do not know how to hunt in each of the different environments in which they live.