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Post by Barbara on Mar 3, 2010 15:08:55 GMT
Dude the Cockerel
Dude the cockerel is suspected of leading the rebellion against the fox
Michelle Cordell, 43, went to collect eggs from the pen at the bottom of her garden in Basildon, Essex, on Saturday morning and found a dead fox lying amongst the birds.
The animal seemed to have been pecked to death and was covered in blood marks from its legs to its head.
Dude the cockerel is suspected to have led the rebellion assisted by his female friends Izzy, Pongo and Pecky.
Fox killed by chicken attack
The victim fox was found in the coop the following morning
"The little table in the corner of the coop which the chickens perch on had been kicked over and was lying next to the fox's head," Ms Cordell said.
"It seems they kicked over the table, knocked the fox out and pecked it to death.
"It was not a cub, but it was only young and Dude and Izzy are big birds."
Ms Cordell lives with her partner Gary Howell and daughters Maddi and Ruby, who had hand-reared Dude from a chick.
Foxes have broken into the coop before but previous battles have always resulted in bird casualties.
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Post by Jasmine on Mar 3, 2010 16:40:45 GMT
Doesn't sound as though you'd want to be messing with those chickens ;D
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2010 16:56:24 GMT
Hen-pecked to death. I know the feeling.......  ;D FA x |
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Post by pdblake on Mar 3, 2010 18:03:43 GMT
And I thought mine were vicious little sods ;D
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Post by farmersboy on Mar 3, 2010 18:35:15 GMT
They breed them tough in Essex ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 3, 2010 18:37:54 GMT
Hen-pecked to death. I know the feeling....... ;D FA x  |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 4, 2010 6:33:13 GMT
Hen-pecked to death. I know the feeling....... ;D FA x  |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 4, 2010 18:15:28 GMT
Heavens!!!
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 4, 2010 19:46:39 GMT
Thats Essex birds for ya ;D
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Post by Auricula on Mar 10, 2010 16:41:19 GMT
Yep...the moral of the story is....don't mess with the birds of Basildon ( the stilettos get you every time!!!) ;D
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