04-29-2014, 12:50 PM
Foxes are an important part of a healthy ecosystem. The eat small rodents. The farmers would not be so happy if they were over run by mice.
As you both have said, it is possible to bring the chickens in at night and protect then. It wouldn't be good to leave hens outside at night anyhow. There are other predators and hens would not be too good at protecting themselves. Don't you have Stoats and Ferrets and other members of the mink family. They would easily kill a whole hen house of chickens if they got in.
We have the responsibility to protect and animals that we bring into another animals natural habitat.
Fennec Foxes are the cutest. They have such enormous ears for the size of the fox and they are such energetic little creatures.
In Toronto much of the wildlife has adapted to city life. I was riding on a regular bus route when I saw a mom and baby red fox.
As you both have said, it is possible to bring the chickens in at night and protect then. It wouldn't be good to leave hens outside at night anyhow. There are other predators and hens would not be too good at protecting themselves. Don't you have Stoats and Ferrets and other members of the mink family. They would easily kill a whole hen house of chickens if they got in.
We have the responsibility to protect and animals that we bring into another animals natural habitat.
Fennec Foxes are the cutest. They have such enormous ears for the size of the fox and they are such energetic little creatures.
In Toronto much of the wildlife has adapted to city life. I was riding on a regular bus route when I saw a mom and baby red fox.
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Catherine
