“We had an actual fox in the actual henhouse this week. He ran across the barnyard with a chicken in his mouth, and when Jenny came out of the milkhouse and scared him, he dropped it, but later returned to the scene of his crime. We found him tucked in a nestbox, his red head sticking out, but he foxed his way right past us. Gwen moved the electric net, and got it nice and hot, and so far, no more problems. The fox population seems to be high this year, and now that this one has a taste for hen, we’ll need to be vigilant about keeping the girls safe inside their net…” [Continue reading more about Essex Farm as told by Kristin Kimball.]
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