Dumb dog won't stop eating chicken poop!

[Bobby Ray]

Hello gang !

when I decided to get chickens I knew I didnt want to keep them in a run a all day and so far so good, they get to range everyday with no problems our dog wont bother the hens but he does follow them around waiting for them to drop a tasty treat.

I dont want to fence anyone in and was wondering if anyone else had to deal with this issue?? Albert is our pooch and yes he's the little turd I have as my avitar.

Thanks for reading

 

[NovaAman]

LOL! I don't know how to stop that. My dang dogs love to attack the bottoms of my shoes when ever I come in out of the yard. You could build the dog a pen... LOL. My chickens run free, and my dogs have a fenced in yard.

 

[mstricer]

It is probably is the corn in the feed. Do you feed your dogs a corn based dog food?

 

[dainerra]

dogs just like poop. cat poop. horse poop. cow poop.
They eat it. They roll in it. They enjoy finding new and exciting uses for it.

 

[2Old2Crow]

dogs just like poop. cat poop. horse poop. cow poop.
They eat it. They roll in it. They enjoy finding new and exciting uses for it.

Couldn't a said it better. 13 years old and still obsessed with poop. The coyote poop is especially fragrant!

 

[Aeropennchick]

Just think of it as a free lawn cleaning service! We call it "The Poop Patrol!"

 

[Bobby Ray]

My main concern was my dog getting sick, if that was the case I will look into fencing in the hens which I dont want to do?

 

[Hinotori]

I don't worry about it anymore. When I got my birds I was afraid they'd pick up something, but my birds are healthy. We have to do fecals twice a year to kennel them, and they always come back clear, even with the dogs eating the chicken poop, rodents, dead birds and anything else they find. And they drink the marsh and pond water all the time. Vet says they are in super health and keep up whatever I'm doing. Apparently chicken poop makes them healthy.

 

[Achickenwrangler#1]

I consider it a blessing , I hated chicken poop on the poarch, but since getting the puppies not only do the chickens stay off the poarch more, every poop is licked clean! They aren't allowed in the coop or it would be licked clean too, then the chickens scratch apart the dog poop. It's the circle of life!!
PS. I bet you aren't one of those who kisses their dog now are you?

 

[HayHays97]

My dog is a nutter he is 7 and we have always had other pets so since he was a puppy he has eaten bird seed, bird feathers, rabbit food, and the poo of chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs, and birds,
it is a little gross

But somehow we have gotten used to it