One down, one to go.

This morning I found a female fox in one of my traps. I now have at least one half of the killers of my beautiful chickens. I will continue to try and capture the male so this won't happen again. As of yesterday all my hens are now behind a six foot fenced in area where they will be safe from predators. I loved seeing them wander all over my three acres but now know it's not possible. Their "yard" is very large with lots of places to scratch and take dust baths. I was concerned that the older hens would be aggressive to the youngsters but other than a bit of squabbling they are settled in nicely.