I came across this today......

http://www.foxolutions.co.uk/foxproblems.htm

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Hi PK,
Took a peek at that website, what method will you try.

I know many will disagree, but my feeling is this,
Any damn fool can destroy, but very few could create.

If you keep animals, be they dogs, chickens, hippos, whatever,
the onus is upon you to keep them SECURELY CONTAINED.
I kept sheep for 25 years, never lost one to a fox, plenty to stray
dogs. Similarly, I am not amused if next doors chickens scratch
hell out of my fresh seedbeds.

The onus is not upon the fox to ignore free and so easily got
grub.

You just have to make those sheds seem much less enticing, and
scent is a good option. Diesel, Creosote, Jeyes Fluid, could work
and is far safer than some clown blasting away with a shotgun.
What if that shot passes through the hedge and into someones
kiddy. Besides, I think you will find it is against the law to use one
in that environment, and for very good reason.