How to keep pet chickens safe from foxes

Hello!

Quite a few of my kids’ friends have pet chickens and I know they’d love some of their own. There are foxes in our area, so I’d love to hear how other people keep foxes out and chooks safe. Thanks!

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- - BH516536, TAS
  - 31 May 2025
Some sort of house to lock them in overnight is the best way

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- - BH516536, TAS
  - 22 May 2025
We lock our chickens up overnight plus we have a dog. Also lucky to not have any foxes, lots of feral cats and quolls tho

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- - BH516413, QLD
  - 19 May 2025
My family have chickens and unfortunately have lost a number over the years to foxes. We have installed a fox light, which seems to work well at night and we always try to lock them away between dusk and dawn. Our chickens are free range and the foxes are quite daring – we’ve seen some in our yard mid morning. We are going to build a much bigger enclosure where our chickens can free range, but within large fenced area to hopefully protect them more.

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