Fencing out Foxes, help!

[secuono]

Hey peeps, another fox attack, got 2 growers and a drake duck 2 nights ago. I bought two rolls of 60in tall 50ft long fencing. Gonna try and use scraps from other fencing to put on my farm gates and to close the bottom gaps.
I also bought two Nite Guard Solar, should be here in 8-10 days.
I do not want electric fencing, too many different critters who may seriously injure themselves here.
I guess I am Fort Knox-ing the yard. It's 100x100ft at least. Already have about 1.5-2ft on the bottom, but was going to take that down and add this new, stronger fencing along the ground. Then reattach the 1.5-2ft along the top.
Have a trap set, no fox yet. Didn't work before either, just caught a skunk and a rabbit. This time it's near where the fox goes in and out of and meat hanging in there.
What do you guys do for a large area to keep fox out?

 

[Cricket]

We lock everything up at night except the horse and cows over a year old. I haven't even had ducks in close to 10 years 'cause they won't go in at night most of the time. It was just a constant battle. Now we don't really plink at anything unless it comes around during daylight, which would be 2 foxes in the last month, one of which we got. My dog seems to prevent hawks. Good luck!

 

[daisychick]

We have always had a really bad fox problem here. Trapping never worked. I have no idea if what we have now is the reason the foxes have stopped or if they have just moved on. Here is what we have. The entire area is fenced with 2X4 fencing. I made sure it is all the way touching the ground. Then we ran a hot wire along the bottom about 3 inches off the ground. We also have one on the very top so nothing can go over the fence. I then keep my horse in the pasture. The next fence contains the goats. Then behind all of those pens I have the chicken coop. So the fox has to make it through the electric fence, through the horse pen, through the goat pen and then if it makes it to the coop it has to make it through ceiling to floor wire. I have to lock everything up at night no matter what. Also letting my dog and sons out to pee around the fence line helps a lot too.

 

[Beekissed]

Dogs on patrol all the time really works.

 

[redtailgal]

Have the men pee on the fence line.

Seriously, not joking. It has worked wonders around here.

 

[bonbean01]

Men peeing on the fence line does work...just be sure it isn't an electric fence turned on when they do it

 

[mama24]

My dh has been peeing around the barn since we moved in for that very reason. He just did it last week. I think it's really funny, but whatever, it's obviously not working. We lost several birds to a fox this past week. I should take pics of all the places where it tried (and succeeded) to dig under the fence. Ibnoticed last month that something had tried to dig into the chicken coop, but I wasn't worried b/c I poured concrete when we moved in in Sep. It was the 2nd big project, after painting the bedrooms, before I got more chickens. And I thought they would leave the birds that are in the barn, not the coop, alone b/c of our goats. I thought wrong. My boys saw the fox in there yesterday morning. I'm going to try to trap it, but I'm not terribly hopeful. I am going to put some hot wire along the bottom of the fence next week as soon as I have time!

I want to get a LGD, but my dh's job is temporary, and until he has something permanent, I really do not want to buy a dog that may have to be rehomed if we move to an area where we can't afford land for our animals. It's a definite possibility. So right now, we have a 3 month old Aussie/husky mix. She's too young to protect the animals, and I also can't trust her alon with them. If I owned the place where we lived and knew we'd be here a long time, I would definitely go that route.

 

[secuono]

I can't add hot wire, there's two large gates in the way and one line of fencing is shared by a sh!tty neighbor.
So far, nothing in the trap...

 

[redtailgal]

Foxes are notoriously hard to trap........hence the phrase "sly as a Fox".

What are you baiting your trap with? We've had some success with cheap wet cat food. The kind that really really stinks (it helps cover the human scent). Make sure that both ends of your trap are open and that its positioned in a way that shows the "escape route"......lay down on your belly and look through it. Does the horizon show out the other end or is there a tree that may appear to be blocking the path? You'll want the other end to show a nice open area that would provide a nice escape route if the other end didnt close up. (assuming that your using a box trap, that is).

Also, if you have a few chicken feather, spread some on the ground in front of the trap and take some dirt or leaves and cover the bottom of the trap so that the Fox doesnt have to step onto a strange wire bottom.

 

[secuono]

We walk all over and where the fox usually comes from, still goes through the same area.
Cage only has one door and it's the biggest I could afford, the other size was for dogs/coyotes. 15x15x3ft I think. I have, by now, old rabbit spine and meat. I can add feathers and dirt, had that last time and only the other critters came in. The end of the trap has nothing blocking it, the pallet leans on it and the trap is against the fence long ways. So kinda looks like a tunnel.