Recent content by Tango2

It depends on which dog... I have three Golden Retrievers, all trained gun dogs. My oldest girl somehow figured out on her own that the Chickens were not Ducks, Pheasants or any other upland bird and therefore were not for her. I can and have used her to track down and retrieve escaped Guinea...

Thank you both so much for your reply. I have been stumped with this behavior and while I figured it was d/t some form of dominance display I had no clue how to respond to it. It sounds like some kind of separation might be a start, though I don't know how I'm going to catch that darned...

This past summer I purchased several new chicks, one of which turned out to be a rooster. When I assimilated the new chicks in with my older hens, my lead hen did not take kindly to the interlopers. She never hurt them, but never really liked them and the two groups remained totally separate...

I'm relatively new to chickens and brought home my first baby cockerel this spring. I have a few months before I'll need to deal with dominant behavior from my guy, but frankly I had not even considered that aggressiveness would be a concern (duh). This article gives me quite the leg up and I...

Thanks for the advice. I did keep her separated for about 24 hours, then let her back in with the flock when they were all out in the yard under my watchful eye. She assimilated back in just fine and the other hens seem oblivious that she had been hurt. Now to keep Mick from helping me with...

So, I'm new to chickens and have 5 three month old hens. I also have trained retrievers. Sometimes the two don't mix well. Today my older boy got out and retrieved one of my chickens for me. He was quite proud of himself since he was pretty sure I wanted him to do bring her to me - which he...