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Does it realy fox the fox?
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"Howard Neil" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't. One way that has worked for me (for nearly five years now) is a Maremma Sheepdog. This is a livestock guard dog and foxes (and other unwanted visitors g) do not step on her territory. Too big for an urban garden, though, Mary. I know that's a possible solution and very suitable for a larger piece of land, I've tried persuading Welsh daughter to have one. But for us no, we don't want a dog. When we go off the hens take up enough room in the back of the car, apart from the expense and hair and barking and ... Anyway we don't really like dogs. Not that you'd have been able to tell :-) Mary -- Howard Neil |
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Does it realy fox the fox?
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message et... "Howard Neil" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't. One way that has worked for me (for nearly five years now) is a Maremma Sheepdog. This is a livestock guard dog and foxes (and other unwanted visitors g) do not step on her territory. Too big for an urban garden, though, Mary. I know that's a possible solution and very suitable for a larger piece of land, I've tried persuading Welsh daughter to have one. But for us no, we don't want a dog. When we go off the hens take up enough room in the back of the car, You have aroused my curiosity. Do you take them on holiday or just shopping? apart from the expense and hair and barking and ... Anyway we don't really like dogs. Not that you'd have been able to tell :-) Franz |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message et... "Howard Neil" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't. One way that has worked for me (for nearly five years now) is a Maremma Sheepdog. This is a livestock guard dog and foxes (and other unwanted visitors g) do not step on her territory. Too big for an urban garden, though, Mary. I know that's a possible solution and very suitable for a larger piece of land, I've tried persuading Welsh daughter to have one. But for us no, we don't want a dog. When we go off the hens take up enough room in the back of the car, You have aroused my curiosity. Do you take them on holiday or just shopping? apart from the expense and hair and barking and ... Anyway we don't really like dogs. Not that you'd have been able to tell :-) Franz |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message et... "Howard Neil" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't. One way that has worked for me (for nearly five years now) is a Maremma Sheepdog. This is a livestock guard dog and foxes (and other unwanted visitors g) do not step on her territory. Too big for an urban garden, though, Mary. I know that's a possible solution and very suitable for a larger piece of land, I've tried persuading Welsh daughter to have one. But for us no, we don't want a dog. When we go off the hens take up enough room in the back of the car, You have aroused my curiosity. Do you take them on holiday or just shopping? apart from the expense and hair and barking and ... Anyway we don't really like dogs. Not that you'd have been able to tell :-) Franz |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message et... "Howard Neil" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't. One way that has worked for me (for nearly five years now) is a Maremma Sheepdog. This is a livestock guard dog and foxes (and other unwanted visitors g) do not step on her territory. Too big for an urban garden, though, Mary. I know that's a possible solution and very suitable for a larger piece of land, I've tried persuading Welsh daughter to have one. But for us no, we don't want a dog. When we go off the hens take up enough room in the back of the car, You have aroused my curiosity. Do you take them on holiday or just shopping? apart from the expense and hair and barking and ... Anyway we don't really like dogs. Not that you'd have been able to tell :-) Franz |
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... I know that's a possible solution and very suitable for a larger piece of land, I've tried persuading Welsh daughter to have one. But for us no, we don't want a dog. When we go off the hens take up enough room in the back of the car, You have aroused my curiosity. Do you take them on holiday or just shopping? We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the estate. We rarely go shopping - hate it - but when we do the hens stay at home. Why should they suffer too? Mary |
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... I know that's a possible solution and very suitable for a larger piece of land, I've tried persuading Welsh daughter to have one. But for us no, we don't want a dog. When we go off the hens take up enough room in the back of the car, You have aroused my curiosity. Do you take them on holiday or just shopping? We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the estate. We rarely go shopping - hate it - but when we do the hens stay at home. Why should they suffer too? Mary |
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... I know that's a possible solution and very suitable for a larger piece of land, I've tried persuading Welsh daughter to have one. But for us no, we don't want a dog. When we go off the hens take up enough room in the back of the car, You have aroused my curiosity. Do you take them on holiday or just shopping? We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the estate. We rarely go shopping - hate it - but when we do the hens stay at home. Why should they suffer too? Mary |
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Does it realy fox the fox?
Mary Fisher wrote:
We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the estate. A sort of chicken coupé? -- Nick Wagg |
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:55:47 +0000, Nick Wagg
wrote: Mary Fisher wrote: We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the estate. A sort of chicken coupé? and not a mobile co-op for estate owners? :-) -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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Does it realy fox the fox?
Mary Fisher wrote:
We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the estate. A sort of chicken coupé? -- Nick Wagg |
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Does it realy fox the fox?
Mary Fisher wrote:
We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the estate. A sort of chicken coupé? -- Nick Wagg |
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Does it realy fox the fox?
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:55:47 +0000, Nick Wagg
wrote: Mary Fisher wrote: We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the estate. A sort of chicken coupé? and not a mobile co-op for estate owners? :-) -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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Does it realy fox the fox?
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:55:47 +0000, Nick Wagg
wrote: Mary Fisher wrote: We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the estate. A sort of chicken coupé? and not a mobile co-op for estate owners? :-) -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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Does it realy fox the fox?
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from Janet Baraclough .. contains these words: The message from Jaques d'Alltrades contains these words: My (now retired) barber used to dig the hair clippings into his garden, and grew prize vegetables on the diet. He probably wasn't doing much chemical hair treatment. These days, the sweepings from hairdresser's floors are probably classifiable as toxic waste. Hmmm. Just look where Hempnall is, and you won't be surprised when you meet a horsedrawn lorry laden with wicker baskets of fuller's earth..... -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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