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It's been a bit crazy. When we first moved into this house a little over 3 years ago, we had 1 cat. That was it. And he was the ugliest, grouch of a mouser kitty you have ever (not) met, I assure you. I have always been an animal person, but never allowed to animals, so I made friends with the...

They did buy one of those invisible electric perimeter fence thingies. The one where the dog wheres the collar and gets shocked when they leave the yard. She managed to get out after they got it installed, though, because they didn't train her with it. She hasn't been out of it in a while...

heh, yeah. We were more than patient with the neighbors with the first dog. She's an alaskan husky, a beautiful, white, fluffy, friendly dog. She is the sweetest dog ever, I swear. I love her. Lady (the dog) had come sniffing around the chickens several months ago. I sent her home. A few months...

Make sure there are no holes, and use very tiny hardware cloth instead of chicken wire. Snakes can't fit through it, and the ones that can aren't big enough to swallow one of your girls!

And also, NEVER NEVER NEVER forget to lock your flock in the coop at dusk. You forgot that one. =P I'm especially fond of that rule, seeing as I would have a lot more laying hens if I hadn't forgotten a few weeks ago!!

I lost quite a few of my chickens to a pack of neighborhood dogs recently. My mistakes were not locking the coop the night before, and not shooting them sooner. 1 of the dogs had come sniffing around before and I knew she was up to no good. We chased her away and talked to her owners. They said...