The other afternoon, my hens were out in the garden.
My friend and l were having a cup of tea in the sunshine and a chat after working hard in the garden.
I said, ‘I picked up fox poo this morning so l must keep my eyes open for foxes whilst the hens are out’.
He said, ‘Foxes are nocturnal and there won’t be any around now’.
I disagreed, and said, ‘l have seen them in the garden at any time of the day’.
We continued chatting and he suddenly said, ‘Fox’. I looked in the distance and there was this greyish blackish thing right next to my three hens.
I screamed at it and the ‘fox’ ran away. It was smallish, l’d say it was quite young.
I was in such a state but so relieved my hens were ok. I would have been mortified if the ‘fox’ had injured, or killed any of them and would’ve felt it was my fault.
I questioned, if it was a fox as l have only ever seen brown and white ones. My friend was adamant it was a fox.
So l ask, is there such a thing as a black, or greyish fox?
Mups, Thank You for putting the black fox pic on. The ‘fox’ was more of the greyish black colour like on the tummy area of the fox in your pic.
It happened very quickly but it definitely wasn’t a dog.
Aren’t badgers plumpish? I have only seen a badger once in my garden and that was at night, years ago.
This ‘fox’ was thin and maybe a cub?
I have smelt that distinct fox smell in my garden lately too.
