I have two dogs that have never bothered my chickens or the coop until recently. Neither of them bother the girls, but my boxer/lab has gotten into the habit of climbing into the coop and getting their eggs. I'm not happy about him getting the eggs, but am really not happy about how he is...
I dug out under my coop about 4" deep. Then laid fencing and used 4x4 lawn timbers to hold it in place. Even wrapped the fencing around the timbers. I then screwed the base of the coop to those 4x4 timbers. Works great and passed my labs test when he tried to dig under and failed. Keeps all...
I have a two-week old Wyandotte also with a red rash on her neck. She also leans her head away from the red side. Would love to hear where you got the salve.