Posted on 03/02/2010 4:31:18 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Being chickens, they probably didn't put too much thought into it.
But somehow a flock of four birds managed to kill a fox that had slunk into their pen hoping to gobble them up.
Their owner Michelle Cordell, 43, had the shock of her life when she went to collect the eggs on the weekend and instead found a heavily pecked pile of fur lying dead in the corner.
She said: 'I was shocked. When I opened up the door, the chickens came running out, happy as anything.
'I went inside and the fox was laying there. I've never heard of anything like this before. It's like revenge of the chickens.'
The family, of Basildon, Essex, have in the past lost a hen and a cockerel to foxes, so are well aware of the danger the animals pose.
And so, it seems, are their chickens.
This time, the marauder was a relatively young fox - and no match for the new cockerel Dude and his hens Izzy, Pongo and Pecky.
Miss Cordell has no doubt it is Dude who was the ringleader in the murder.
She said she had shut the sliding door of the coop when she put the chickens to bed on Friday night, but the fox must have nosed his way under. When she went out on Saturday morning, the door was still shut.
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.
It appeared to have fallen on him and knocked him out, leaving him an easy target for the beaks of the chickens.
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Fox today, tomorrow the world!!
He'd fly around and land on my hand like he was some kind of hawk!
THAT’s using your pecker! :P
nyuk-nyuk!
Just like my honeymoon...hi oooooh...
A fox is nothing - we know a pecker that took out a Tiger.
Those chickens are organizing.
If Dude murdered the Fox, he needs to fry.
What a cool story. That rooster is just beautiful, too.
My eleven Rhode Island Reds all have the same name: “Tastes like Chicken.”
Their Rooster buddy is named “Brewster.”
It appeared to have fallen on him and knocked him out, leaving him an easy target for the beaks of the chickens.
Sounds like those chickens were lucky, not tough. My grandma could defeat a burglar with her knitting needles if he was knocked out.
That’s why roosters have spurs.
THE DUDE!
Ah, but this is in the UK and very shortly ‘ealth and safety will realize that the poor fox, just doing as foxes will do, was deprived of his life during the commission of his crime. The chickens must pay and there’s no way the cock will walk.
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