I watch a young woman from The Netherlands who, along with her brother, has purchased an abandoned farmhouse in Italy (Piemonte, I think). She puts out a weekly vlog, on Sundays, and I don't always get to it on the day she publishes, so I watched it today. They lived on a farm in The Netherlands, so have always had animals and chickens around. The vlog yesterday was about them finally getting chickens. She bought the eggs and showed them hatching, then put together a small hutch for them and made sure it was secure. They set up a camera so that they could see if anything was going on in the middle of the night, and sure enough a fox came.....it wasn't able to get into this small hutch, but it scared her enough that she decided to build a larger enclosure to house the chicks in their original hutch, made sure it was secure and, because it's temporary (they're awaiting plan approval and hope to be able to start renovations by the end of the year - Italy is S-L-O-W), she did not put hardware cloth down, but instead put a bunch of rocks around the pen to ensure nothing could dig under the hutch and get in. She set up the camera, this time setting it to have the light go off when an animal was seen on camera and sure enough, the fox came around and was there for quite some time, trying to figure out how to get in, but every time the light went on, he scurried away, until daybreak came and he left the area.
Even though she felt she'd done a good job, she went back and reinforced everything again, with locks on the door that would make it hard for the fox to get in....and she set the camera to not only turn the floodlight on, but to also make a loud noise to scare off the fox. She said she wouldn't forgive herself if something happened (she is a real animal and nature lover).
THIS IS WHAT ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IS ABOUT!
I hate Stephanie. It's a strong word, I know, but you can bet that I mean it.
Here's the young woman I watch....sometimes her stuff is sort of boring, but if you want to see this chicken episode and see how she takes great care to make these chicks safe, here it is: