Fox attack!!!

Well, we almost lost a couple of our birds this morning. I let the birds out at about 7:30.. All four chickens and 4 of the 8 guineas. I was having some breakfast on the patio when I heard a commotion. The old one-eyed guinea was running for his life with something right behind him. At first, I thought it was one of the groundhogs, but a second later I realized it was the fox. Old one-eyed did a maximum effort climb, circled around and landed in a dead tree about 15' up.

The chickens went for the bushes which would be a good idea if it were a hawk attacking, but I'm not sure what it would do as far as a fox. The 4 guineas are still pretty green. They huddled up by the henhouse which would have made them an easy meal. Hopefully, they'll learn from this that Mr. Fox is not their friend and immediate evasive action is a must.

I took a little walk through the woods which hopefully made the fox move off, at least for now.


By the way, a couple of mornings ago I got up right around dawn. The fox was sitting right outside the henhouse, about 10' away, just looking at the birds.