Recent content by QuinnFamilyFarm

I know I should never assume...but I had always assumed that the leash law ended at the city limit sign. Thanks for the link! I know that it is definitely legal for us to kill the dog, but I will be looking into this as well!

The only issue with that is that we live in the country so there is no leash law and our dogs roam too. If my dogs killed livestock of another farmer then I would expect them to take proper action to take care of the dog or require restitution from me,but we just don't keep our dogs chained up...

Do you have coyotes in your area? Very possible it could have been a coyote instead of a domestic dog...

We have had two attacks over the past two days. This is our first set of attacks in the year that we have had them. We were gone on vacation during the first attack, but my parents came over to feed and caught the dogs on their second bird. The dog came back yesterday while we were at work an...

We have a pit bull/fiest mix. She is wonderful with our birds. When we first got the birds we did have to train her by firing a warning shot into the air when she would get aggressive with them. She knows that the sounds means no and she backs off. Of course the shot would never be directed at...

Yesterday our flock was visited by a not-so-friendly K-9. He took out half of our flock, two ducks, a guinea and ripped our rooster apart (rooster was still alive, but in total shock so we had to put him down). We had about 25 birds and we are planning to increase to 100 by the end of the...

My husband (I say husband, but we won't be married until June) and I are Animal Science-Livestock Production/Ag Business graduates from the University of Tennessee. We are used to working with cattle, but we are fairly new to the poultry world and to this site. We are starting off small with...