tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post3542306046229419457..comments2024-03-11T21:51:12.985+00:00Comments on FRUGAL IN DERBYSHIRE: A Day out and the fox strikes again!Frugal in Derbyshire http://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-16036226574023004372014-06-15T18:12:36.115+01:002014-06-15T18:12:36.115+01:00Lunch looks lovely . SO sorry to hear about your p...Lunch looks lovely . SO sorry to hear about your poor chickens xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418241447816577898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-75469403206758545242014-06-03T08:52:16.657+01:002014-06-03T08:52:16.657+01:00It was yummy!
Thanks for commenting, I see you liv...It was yummy!<br />Thanks for commenting, I see you live Derby way and make some lovely things.<br />GillFrugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-43784290830530378672014-06-02T11:26:06.374+01:002014-06-02T11:26:06.374+01:00That Ploughman's is making me very hungry! Yu...That Ploughman's is making me very hungry! Yummy :)thwartedcheekychimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471878068259679348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-72849235888442762612014-05-30T09:36:29.681+01:002014-05-30T09:36:29.681+01:00It was and that pork pie was as good as it looked ...It was and that pork pie was as good as it looked (pork pies can be disappointing can't they?)Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-74251103546452843922014-05-30T09:35:38.386+01:002014-05-30T09:35:38.386+01:00That happened to our neighbour a few years ago. Hi...That happened to our neighbour a few years ago. His whole flock was slaughtered. it was an awful sight.Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-88751437699049431362014-05-30T09:34:33.258+01:002014-05-30T09:34:33.258+01:00We have been offered a gun actually! I think if I ...We have been offered a gun actually! I think if I had caught it I was angry and upset enough to strangle it with my bare hands and I'm normally a pacifist!Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-35658105543602977772014-05-30T09:33:12.979+01:002014-05-30T09:33:12.979+01:00All our chickens apart from Flumps little family a...All our chickens apart from Flumps little family are in the fox-proof orchard. As you say human error can sometimes cause huge problems. The problem we will have is from autumn when we let the chicken free range over our holding.until spring and planting time when they go back in the orchard again. I guess we will have to rethink that system. Shame!Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-63332269872789416962014-05-30T09:30:15.148+01:002014-05-30T09:30:15.148+01:00I understand that. Keeping rabbits can be a draw f...I understand that. Keeping rabbits can be a draw for them too. But they are lovely creatures to look at when in good health.Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-67837781945672259862014-05-30T09:28:44.574+01:002014-05-30T09:28:44.574+01:00Couldn't agree more. it's a whole new ball...Couldn't agree more. it's a whole new ball game nowadays.No probs with soap-boxing!Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-52586110010737693212014-05-30T09:27:03.148+01:002014-05-30T09:27:03.148+01:00Yes it was bright and sunny. As you know though, h...Yes it was bright and sunny. As you know though, he'll be back!! The main flock of chicken are in the fox proof orchard. (as you say.touch wood!)Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-42297992570925600552014-05-30T09:25:23.632+01:002014-05-30T09:25:23.632+01:00The foxes are not country savvy either if they hav...The foxes are not country savvy either if they have been born in the town. yes it was a good day.Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-7762879738236071652014-05-30T09:23:56.372+01:002014-05-30T09:23:56.372+01:00Ensure your run is fox proof. In built up areas th...Ensure your run is fox proof. In built up areas there seem to be lots of foxes because of the availability of food scraps. All the hens apart from Flumps little adopted family are in a fox proof run.His little group are pretty traumatised still. I have only just ead your comment from my last post. I will get back to you on that soon<br />Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-63215617196825931322014-05-30T09:20:11.147+01:002014-05-30T09:20:11.147+01:00tee hee will do!
We didn't have Flump long, bu...tee hee will do!<br />We didn't have Flump long, but we had grown to love himFrugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-91850689004552053132014-05-28T05:18:24.899+01:002014-05-28T05:18:24.899+01:00p.s.That Ploughman's looks DIVINE.p.s.That Ploughman's looks DIVINE.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-64992743312602487792014-05-28T05:17:33.717+01:002014-05-28T05:17:33.717+01:00I'm afraid that many 'townies' think o...I'm afraid that many 'townies' think of Foxes as living in underground cottages, with patchwork quilts on their beds, and surrounded by baby foxes who all wear coloured waistcoats. Well, it ain't like that; I once lost a whole run-full of hens (20-ish) to a Fox. I'll never forget finding the carnage that morning.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-76494667501145049882014-05-27T22:40:52.161+01:002014-05-27T22:40:52.161+01:00Thats really a downer on a nice day out, its terri...Thats really a downer on a nice day out, its terrible that people are introducing rescue foxes to the country side, I would definatly be getting the gun out. Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-56050914592331323542014-05-27T20:49:23.381+01:002014-05-27T20:49:23.381+01:00Sorry about the chickens. We went to a lot of trou...Sorry about the chickens. We went to a lot of trouble digging down netting deep and fanning it out round the hen house and run and later round the rabbit house and run. It has proved absolutely fox proof and don't think Mr cunning hasn't had a go. Then of course someone went and forgot the door ajar and the rabbits sadly ended up as fox dinner. PamWinkel's Crazy Ideashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17934679165455175289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-56255401553803650112014-05-27T15:58:01.515+01:002014-05-27T15:58:01.515+01:00Sorry to hear about the fox incident. We had a mum...Sorry to hear about the fox incident. We had a mum calling her cubs outside our bedroom window a couple of nights ago but as we don't have chickens they're not really a problem for us.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12545418260169484456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-28970300197383295972014-05-27T13:57:23.210+01:002014-05-27T13:57:23.210+01:00I just can't be doing with people getting all ...I just can't be doing with people getting all fluffy about animals, rescuing individual foxes - they seem oblivious to the obvious truth that *species fox* has suffered disgracefully since the mangy manky things have been allowed to proliferate without restraint. When I was a child, a dog fox in winter was an awesome sight - that was back when countryside management benefited the entire ecosystem, not some fluffy, imaginary, cartoon character, and was generally managed by qualified and experienced people, not pop stars and twitter. Soap box. Off. Sorry.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320930325249337062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-28403029615822119132014-05-27T13:10:26.566+01:002014-05-27T13:10:26.566+01:00the people that "rescue" foxes from the ...the people that "rescue" foxes from the cities and release them in the country make me SPIT! So sorry to hear about your fox attack, daytime too something that wouldn't have happened a few years back when foxes were frightened of man. The electric fences still seem to be working here.Touch wood and anything else thats lucky<br />Sounds like you had a good day out.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-21733474114797590212014-05-27T12:04:21.471+01:002014-05-27T12:04:21.471+01:00with as much food there is in town I would of thou...with as much food there is in town I would of thought moving them to the country is not doing them a favour. We saw more foxes when we lived in Reading than we have since we moved into the country. Glad you had a nice trip out.phyllis weavinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770675143086861084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-10462568928681728162014-05-27T11:45:46.089+01:002014-05-27T11:45:46.089+01:00Glad you had a good day out but, sad for the you a...Glad you had a good day out but, sad for the you and the hens.<br /><br />One thing I am most concerned about as a (nearly) chicken keeper is foxes, there are quite a few around here and the only type of boundary fence that the landlord would put up is chain link fencing - crap at keeping out foxes and only 48" high!<br />I've re-constructed this fence in a particular spot twice in the last week or so, as I was expecting to be keeper of at least 2 hens this week, Sadly I was let down due to lack of transport for the coop/run, as needed asap.<br />I WILL get my hens, I have Plan 'B'!<br /><br />Hope the remaining hens settle and remain safe from everything.<br /><br />Sandie xxxSandies' Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022362234675324965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953248892638598159.post-7461635592049430912014-05-27T11:37:54.529+01:002014-05-27T11:37:54.529+01:00Oh I am so sorry to hear about your chickens. I wa...Oh I am so sorry to hear about your chickens. I was loving Flump, the new man/chicken. I know it is natures way but so cruel. <br /><br />Your outing sounds great as does your fabric windfall and bartering arrangement. Just remember if you go into the paddock leave your coordinates and take a flare in case you get lost!!<br /><br />Have a good week<br />RedSetterRedSetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273883309628093072noreply@blogger.com