I am acting just like one of those community police chappies today, in so much as I have "upped" my public visibility by some 90% and now can be seen lurking on all four corners of the field like some pervert around a 1970s BBC TV studio.
If the fox returns it may well be today or tomorrow, so with the dogs stationed on one side of the field and me and my trusty radio on the other...We have the place covered.
Mandy's mother from next door has stationed herself on their verandah as lookout, but at nearly 89 I think her heart cannot quite take the strain as several times I am sure she has mistaken William's red- brown coat for the pelt of a fox.
Thank goodness she doesn't have a gun.
However, in true Mexican dirt poor villager style, I have looked into the possibility of hiring some guns so to speak......lets hope Steve Mc Queen turns up in his denims.....
It's hot today, and I am wearing my unflattering sun hat as I catch up with " paperwork" on the grass, in between painting and repairing coops
I have a newsletter to write on behalf of the community council and after church this afternoon I want to photograph the vicar with Bingley.... I will post it later if I get the chance.....
Anyhow back to fox watch....apologies if I have not caught up with blog reading and replies.... My priorities are somewhat poultry based at the mo
I wonder if you sprayed the perimeter with coyote urine if it would deter the fox?
ReplyDeletei agree with 'mybabyjohn'! just piss all over the place!
ReplyDeletePerhaps I should invite the male voice choir to pee en masse
DeleteA community Pee-in!
DeleteAhhh, a Magnificent Seven reference? Did you perhaps leave a space between Mc and Queen on purpose?
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the fox.
Bugles blaring and a hearty, TALLY HO!
A perimeter of pee sounds just the ticket.Please wait until it is dark...and don't wear Chris' PJ bottoms, the police already have a description of them.
ReplyDeleteJane x
I may. Go pantless!
DeleteBEHIND YOU!!!
ReplyDelete"For fox sake, think about what you are doing man!" - Samantha Fox for Fox News.
ReplyDeleteFox off!
DeleteJust what is that angry-looking big pink thing behind you? :-O
ReplyDeleteIt's a penis sooze
DeleteHope Bingley doesn't molest the vicar or have his hormones gone back to normal?
ReplyDeleteJo xx
No chance of that ....the vicar is proving to be elusive
DeleteWhat is the nature of this picture with the vicar and Bingley?? Knowing the fowl this photos shoot could go any direction.
ReplyDeleteMay your hunt be successful.
I planned a safe photo shoot.... I wouldbeholding the turkey very tightly
DeleteLlamas are the answer. They would love living with you.
ReplyDeleteI hate spit andrew
Deleteyou probably want to avoid my blog for a while xx
ReplyDeleteGood luck with Monsieur Renard!
Kath, I read about Ellie , earlier in the week....I wanted to send you a poem when things were not quite so raw.. Xx
DeleteIs there a zoo near by where you live? Ask for some lion-dung. Seems to work a treat in scaring off foxes.
ReplyDelete(All your readers are poultry oriented too now. We will not have you suffer again.)
Els
I hope you have your truncheon at the ready !
ReplyDelete~Jo
Dirty mare x
DeleteCro got there before me......I could hear a pantomime audience screeching 'he's behind you!'.
ReplyDeleteIt does make sense to wee against every fence post around the perimeter of your property and especially the chicken enclosure, all of you, humans and dogs alike (if they haven't been 'done'), male urine and also piles of freshly cut hair do deter foxes. If you're less inclined to flash after last weeks iluminating episode you could pee in a jug and go round pouring it, it does go further that way too :-)
ReplyDeleteSo drink lots and cut your hair, oh and keep the radio blaring out for as long as the neighbours can stand it.
Gosh, it's a good job we live in the country when we have to go to these lengths to keep our birds safe, heaven only knows what would happen if we lived in the town!!
I have peed around the field all year sue..... My bladder at times has been the size of a watermelon ...... Dog hair used too..........
DeleteI have a game keeper on the case now
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Why have you got a baby elephant with a red stripey sock on it's trunk behind you?
ReplyDeleteIt's a penis illibet
DeleteThat made me laugh. Evenin' all.
DeleteThis could very well be the setting for a movie :-)
ReplyDeleteHa! Nice touch, ending in the middle of a word!
ReplyDeletea sad day when you and your menagerie have to resort to fox patrol...when you should all be enjoying a pleasant day in Trelawnyd!!! hope the photo shoot (not fox) with Vicar and Bingley goes according to your plan :D
ReplyDeleteHow brave (?) to sit with Bingley at your back!
ReplyDeleteThink a pee for all is called for.
Does Bingley always sneak up behind you like that? He really must be in love after all.
ReplyDeleteHe adores me
DeleteMy daughter Kate lost all of her chickens last week in a daylight 2 day rampage by a fox. I am gutted as "Shirl" the little brown one with the fat ass (hence the name) was the first to go. Someone told her to build a scarecrow and cover it in perfume which will deter the fox as it would think it was a human...that might be an old Normandy wives tale. Not convinced about that one!
ReplyDeleteThat's a shame fat arseX
DeleteNot a problem, John. It's understandable you want the fox to stay gone.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that. *hugs* ♥
Just had another look at the photo of you in the sun and then saw what was behind you! Blimey...looks like a penis but smaller!!
ReplyDeleteTee hee
DeleteFoxes are buggers. I've not had any trouble here yet but I'm sure it's only a matter of time. I do have a habbit of "marking my terratory" by the pens when the urge takes me as they're wary of the smell of humans.
ReplyDeleteI am reminded of the Jasper Carrot sketch about the mole (The same applies to foxes I think) "Only one way to get rid of a mole..."
This is the first daytime fox attack I have suffered in years kev...
DeleteA gamekeeper today described th fox as a rogue
Maybe if you caught the fox and put a collar with a bell on him? Just a suggestion.
ReplyDeleteThe Magnificent Two ! You could swap eggs for pee.
ReplyDeleteAlpacas are supposed to be good guards too, but they're a tad expensive - doubt any have reached to "rescue" status just yet. Bit like when ostrich farming was all the rage.
ReplyDeleteNow a couple of rescue ostriches would see allcomers off.
It took me a while to work out what that was behind you in the photo....much squinting, changing to the reading specs and worried grimacing, followed by poultry-based relief, followed by more unsure grimacing. Can you put me out of my misery please when you get a sec. So sorry for the reasons you're having to be so vigilant now. x
ReplyDeleteEm...it's. Bingley the turkey
ReplyDeleteWould the Vicar be offended if I submitted the name "penis" for the competition? Perhaps "Rod" would do the trick. Or Roger...
DeleteWould it help if I hopped on a plane tomorrow and flew over for fox-watch?
ReplyDeleteYes please x
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