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    At wits end with biting chickens...

    Thank you for this info. I haven't heard of her but am now listening to one of her TED talks.
  2. Nym

    At wits end with biting chickens...

    Once I decided to take action it has taken a few weeks to get her under this level of control.. Now it only takes a few seconds of me ignoring her - while feeding the others, to mark the exact moment she stops with a handful of bread bits. This morning she waited for some bread, ate it then...
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    At wits end with biting chickens...

    My Susie (Pekin) will squawk very loudly when food arrives so I now ignore her until she stops, then she gets the food. She has learnt very fast! So have I, since these are my first real backyard chickens since childhood. The four newest additions are larger and I've treated them much as I...
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    At wits end with biting chickens...

    Edi, named after my gentle grandmother Edith, is a German Shepherd x Staffy. You can see the intensity on her face! She is all working dog; when Betty chicken raises the alarm, she is out there scoping for cats and checking on her flock. I hope you find a simple solution with your attack chook :)
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    At wits end with biting chickens...

    Correction - Pepper. No, I'm not involved with with police dog training .. just a stupid action on my part during tug sessions. I then spoke to a prof. dog trainer on YT who told me how stupid I was lol. I simply stopped playing tug with a pillow and she pretty soon stopped coming at me. She...
  6. Nym

    At wits end with biting chickens...

    Wow, she sounds like my young Boxer dog lol
  7. Nym

    At wits end with biting chickens...

    My playful pillow fighting with my dog turned out to be the start of police attack work training; she kept coming back at me! I wouldn't be surprised if Ginger thinks you're challenging her lol
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