"Dave Hill" wrote in message
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On Mar 11, 10:26 pm, Fuschia wrote:
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:45:48 -0000, "Christina Websell"





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"sutartsorric" wrote in message
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I know there was a thread on badgers last year, but I dont seem to be
able to reply to it for some reason.

I have the same trouble with them trashing the lawn, garden and
anything planted in tubs they can turn over and dig out.

However, I knew they are not keen on smells and one day had an idea
that scattering a top dressing of blood, fish and bone over the tubs
might work (and hopefully feed the plants later in the season), and it
seems to have done.

Four nights now and no new damage, even though I have topped up the
tubs that were dug out before adding the b,f & b. Ok, it might be
coincidence but at least its worth a try if you have them causing
trouble.

This will prove to be a bad idea.

I think it might attract a different problem - foxes.- Hide I found the
best thing was to water around with Armilotox, strong
smell but lasts for several weeks.
--- so I

Unfortunately nothing worked for me around foxes trying to eat my chickens
so they were trapped and dispatched.
Strange thing is that my fox man said that my wild foxes were not the same
as he trapped here, they had been released from somewhere, they were *butter
fat* as fed foxes.
It's such a pity that the local council catch them and release them into the
countryside near me - they deny it but that's what they do.
Unfortunately if they come here after my chickens they are ex-foxes. Poor
things.
It's a lovely idea that foxes are great, they are, unless you have poultry.