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Do foxes steal hens

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Yes they do.Take my dogs out every morning 6.00am before work,middle of nowhere.Let them off the leads so they can have a run and place leads under tree so that I don,t have to carry them.Come back and one lead has dissapeared! Must be a fox?

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Yes if a fox can get into a hen or chicken compound they will steal the hens.

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