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I have witnessed first hand the damage the Fox can do.
My parents keep Hens which are allowed to wonder around there field during the day and housed during the night. Also kept in a fenced pen when not in the field.
Basically on a number of occasions they have been wiped out and always during day light hours. The fox has dug under the pen fence and slaughtered all but 1 hen. The same happened while free in the field, the fox was seen happily making his way down the field with just 1 hen in its mouth.
So you are telling me that your poultry farmer never gets bothered? Might be the fact that the poultry is kept in sheds and not allowed outside.