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Also, thanks! All your good advice is helping my husband to see things my way chickens need to range!
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If you don't want to wait on the mealworms, you could always give them some fresh corn....drop the kernals as you are walking back the run...I found out with my original 4 when they were young, the LOVED hot dogs! of all things ! LOL....raw hot dogs....It was like the pied piper at dusk!I ordered a big shipment of mealworms and will be trying all this when they get in. The hubby doesn't want to try without them. Tomorrow I will set up a nice lounging area (it's still 97 here at dusk) with some cool drinks, maybe a hard version for the hubs so he can relax about it all lol
I'm working on training the dogs. Our pit mix seems to not care about them at all. Cocks his head when the birds get loud, but otherwise ignores them. My mini dachshund though is a different story! She thinks she is a bad *** hunter, all of her 8 pounds. She has caught gophers so maybe she is. She still rushes their run a few times a day. But backs off immediately when called. It will be a process. I've been reading up on the articles here on dog training. Big guy has a muzzle, but the little girl doesn't.
We will figure it out, we are still pretty brand new to this.
I ordered a big shipment of mealworms and will be trying all this when they get in. The hubby doesn't want to try without them. Tomorrow I will set up a nice lounging area (it's still 97 here at dusk) with some cool drinks, maybe a hard version for the hubs so he can relax about it all lol
I'm working on training the dogs. Our pit mix seems to not care about them at all. Cocks his head when the birds get loud, but otherwise ignores them. My mini dachshund though is a different story! She thinks she is a bad *** hunter, all of her 8 pounds. She has caught gophers so maybe she is. She still rushes their run a few times a day. But backs off immediately when called. It will be a process. I've been reading up on the articles here on dog training. Big guy has a muzzle, but the little girl doesn't.
We will figure it out, we are still pretty brand new to this.
I guess I'm picky. I wanted my birds trained to a verbal cue only. I never bothered with shaking a container. I figured there would be plenty of times I would need or want to call the girls when I didn't have a container handy. I didn't want to risk having the behavior become dependent on anything other than my call.
They also come running when they hear me open the can that I keep the scratch in. No matter how quietly I open it. I swear they have ultrasonic hearing.