Lambs vs foxes

The ewes are all now safely housed in the shed and we have set up little pens to look after the new born lambs and ewes to give them the best chance possible. We have found that if we lamb entirely outdoors we lose so many lambs to the fox, even with the alpacas on guard. Fortunately a few people in the area shoot foxes regularly and one of them is particularly effective! He shot a fox running away with a lambs head in its mouth. Foxes are not all cuteness and fluffiness and there are an awful lot of them. They are beautiful animals, but we need the balance to be right.