I live in Nova Scotia so my rules are a little different. I don't think we can legally shoot a dog for any reason.
I don't even think we are allowed to shoot a coon.
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I only have one neighbouring house and the rest is just woods.
The neighbour has a rat size dog so I'd only need to...
That looks like a solid custom built tractor. Did you or your husband build it?
To me, the tractor definitely looks good enough, the run needs some work as you already know.
You said that was your original run, what does it look like now?
The easiest and cheapest thing you could do is put a...
Guilt is a good motivator, I think your chickens are lucky to have you.
Some people would just shrug it off and do nothing.
How did it get in to the quarantine pen if you don't mind me asking?
When I built my coop and run, I used information gathered from reading stories like this to help...
Since you don't want to shoot the dogs, which I can understand, maybe just catch them and bring them to an animal shelter and or talk to the owners.
Try securing the fence so they can't get in. I know you probably don't want to go out of pocket because of someone else's dogs but sometimes you...