Several days ago Michelle told me she had seen a fox and she was all fascinated but I thought she must have seen something else because she said it was as big as Dukey and I have never seen any fox here that wasn't small like a small dog. Well, she's right. The damn thing is as big as Dukey! I know because it was after the chickens this morning and it stood right in the yard looking at the house until I ran out the back door and scared it off. I cannot believe the size of it! That is definitely not encouraging!
Sorry no picture, it didn't even occur to me to do anything except scare the thing good. I am hopeful that my pens are secure enough for a fox (they never were for that raccoon but then a fox can't get in place that a raccoon can especially not a fox this big!) since this one has been hanging around several days and I haven't lost a chicken yet.
WOW, how big is Dukey?
ReplyDeleteYour sure it is not a coyote? I thought I was seeing a red fox in the field a while back, until one day I saw him closer and he was a red coated coyote with his winter fur still intact. I didn't think they came in that color.
ReplyDeleteWell, I did wonder if it might be a coyote but it just looked so much like a fox, red coat, white tail, very pointy nose. Still it could have been, I have never seen a coyote here up close. I didn't know coyotes came in red either.
ReplyDeleteDukey is a shepherd mix(possibly mixed with chow). There is a picture of him on this post.
http://simplyselfsufficiency.blogspot.com/2011/03/critter-pictures.html
Aha! So it's not just me that has trouble with foxes then! I see them quite often in my garden, in broad daylight. They seem to have lost all fear of Man since we passed laws to stop hunting them.
ReplyDeleteI looked up coyotes, it said they had the black streak down the spine and a black tipped tail. This definitely had a white tail just like a fox. I'm still amazed (and a lot more careful when I go out or let the dog out).
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