The outdoor run construction is coming along and Rip is still diligently guarding the 14 week-olds. It cracks me up how proud and happy he is of this flock.
Thanks! He spends all day watching over them and keeping ravens and eagles at bay. I worried about his prey drive but after teaching him we don't eat our family, he turned protective. We have two NSDTR's, female trained and active hunter and my boy, who hunts alongside but is mostly my buddy and...
Hey, hi all. Wanted chickens for years, but was waiting til I retired. In April, an escaped dog killed my friend's carefully curated flock. My husband thought he was being clever and bought 10 hens for my birthday- to give to the slaughtered-hen neighbor to take care of and give us eggs (so I...