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Originally posted by jason
Damm!!
Here I thought I'd Tuck into some KFC and read a few post but now I'm feeling guilty for eating chicken :oops: :roll:
Matt your problem isn't going away over night simply because of a few fences be it because of foxes or some other type of animal of the two legged variety. I can recall our Ag teacher having the same problems when I was a Kid. And working in the industry (security) only has reinforced my belief in if someone wants in bad enough even the toughest security measures won't stop them.
If there was even the slightest chance of a fox or wild dog getting in it would have, they are by nature cunning. If on the other hand it was a two legged animal then you'll need to make it more like a prision farm then an educational one to stop the distruction, but remember if they want to get in bad enough they will.
Don't pretend for one minute that Investing in a camera system will help stop it as in almost 10yrs in the industry I have never seen a camera leap from a wall to apprehend anyone.
Kids I have found are the best security you can find, When I used to do patrols on schools in Western Suburbs of Sydney for the Education Dept. I found that there where those who would help you catch who it was and those who didn't give a stuff. It was normally the later responsible for the trouble.
Give the Kids a sence of ownership over it make it affect them as much as it has you. Then if it is a student or a local kid who is damaging your ag plot then you'll find out alot quicker as they will weed out just who it is.
Also remember this kids who generally commit these type of things love to tell people about it, by giving the kids ownership over it they will hear about it before you. Just look for the kid with a chicken drum stick wedged up his arse. 8O :twisted:
And if that does't work you live close to the power station hook up to the juice and fry the bastards :twisted:
The thing is with these kids, is, they are lazy. The sheep pen is 12 foot high with barbed wire and they havent even bother trying. But the Chook pen is the same height, but some of the sides of the fence are made up by the boys toilets block. They get on the roof and jump in. If i can work out how to stop them doing this, i will at least minimise it. But i do agree with what you are saying, and making the kids take ownership is something i am working hard to do, but when most of the dick head boys thing its funny, it makes it hard. Matt