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I was correcting the female akbash. She is the recent chicken killer ... :( But, yes, I do think much of the chaos was a result of my reaction (that is my gut feeling). The LGDs are very intuitive. I do agree. I hate to keep our LGD completely separate from our family / herding dogs. For...

well the older dog certainly growls and use to put the pup in his place. That dynamic started to shift as the pup got bigger and BIGGER and was close to a year old. So the older dog is not without his part in this ... yet the attack last week was totally out of the blue. The older dog was not...

We plan on working with both dogs together. But I am more curious if others have had success in this situation. I take them on walks together around the property and for fun runs off the property. My aussie is always off leash and I have the LGD on leash. I do not trust that I can handle...

Hi There, I am very concerned about the safety of my 11 year old male aussie / heeler mix around our 1.5 year old male LGD. I am considering re-homing the LGD but really really hate to do that. They are both great dogs and the LGD is turning out to be an awesome guardian and super sweet...

I would like to add about 8 new chicks to our flock. We currently have 9 but some of our gals are 3 years old at this point (although we are still getting about 5 eggs / day). I have been looking online trying to find a hatchery or breeder. I would like heritage breeds that are good layers...

When do you start to feed young hens (layers) normal chicken layer feed? We have 9 week old chicks and I wanted to know when to transition them to layer feed. Do I do it gradually?

I have 8 chickens that are all about 1.5 years old. I have 2 RR, 2 Easter Egg Layers, 2 Barred Rocks, a wyandotte and an australorp. The two EE's are slightly smaller than the rest and they are the ones getting picked on. 5 of the chickens came together then I added the 2 barred rocks and the...

it took me 3 years to finally get my husband to agree to fixing up and filling the chicken coop that we already had on our property ... but i finally got my chickens back in January and it's been great fun. They are such cute pets and they give us eggs every day!! I love sharing lots of yummy...

I foster herding breeds for a local rescue. All my foster dogs are out of high-kill shelters and come from all different backgrounds. They are all australian cattledogsor australian shepherds or kelpie or border collies or mixes of all of the above. However, since we got our chickens a year...