The Potting Shed

Jojo · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: Foxy

We have the odd fox comes into the garden in the evening and I don't mind, but he's coming in the mornings now and eating the peanuts and sultanas I put out for the blackbirds on the ground feeder, I think he might have a den in the garden behind me,in fact there were two of them today, as I say they don't bother me but I am not happy with the thought of them breeding close by,we are going to talk to the lady behind her garden though small is a bit over grown,I am only going to put sunflower seeds out tomorrow,but feel sad for the blackbirds they wait for me every morning,what do you think i should do?

Kathy · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject:

Never had experience of this Jojo, could you replace your ground feeders to discourage the foxes?

nanny-now and forever · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject:

how about a bird table?

the fox would only get the bits that drop off and the blackbirds would get their feed

kaz · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject:

Our blackbirds will only feed off the ground, I've never seen them near the bird table.
Foxes are considered as vermin here Confused

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Libby · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:08 am Post subject:

As beautiful as they are, I to, consider them a 'pest'. They steal our chickens given half the chance and we had neighbours who used to feed a fox family as they where so scrawny! They (neighbours) just didn't get that they where scrawny becuase they where living beyond the natural means of the area.

So if they where coming into my garden I would scare them away!
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Bovey Belle · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:16 am Post subject:

Ground feeding encourages rats too. I love to see foxes, but not in my garden on a regular basis. Not sure how you would manage to feed the blackbirds but not the foxes . . .
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Jojo · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject:

Thanks all,today I only put sunflower seeds out on the ground feeder,but went out so don't know if the foxes had any of that,I have a bird table but black birds don't like a table they are ground feeders, and sultanas are their favorite food,thought I might fix a dish up in the fir tree and see if they will use that Confused

the two foxes that come into the garden arn't thin in fact they look very healthy,they do dig big holes in the garden looking for worms.

Lizzie · 5 Star Club Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2990

Jojo, we make fat cakes for the birds in our garden and the blackbirds are more than happy to sit on the bird table to eat those ... we had five on there at once the other day, forming a (dis)orderly queue!

Basically, you melt a block of beef dripping, stir in as much 'stuff' (we use just bird seed but I can't why you couldn't put sultanas in there too) as it'll take (so you can't see any liquid fat in the pan but all the stuff is well coated), put it into yoghurt pots to set then just put them on the bird table.

They seem to be very popular round our way Very Happy

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