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Sure does, thanks. When I scanned the posts, I was looking for a date format, rather than a written month. Marcus

Do we have an end date for this contest? I plan to build a chicken fortress this spring and it would be fun to enter. Marcus

Thanks to these two wonderful women, I am able to post in the hatching forum again, instead of the pests and predators section. After a terrible loss of all of my chickens, they have provided hatching eggs and chicks to help me get started again. Thanks again, Marcus

I have settled on shooting the dog if it happens again. The fence and new chicken coop should take care of it, but if he manages to get past both of those defenses, I figure I have done everything I can to avoid shooting him at that point.

I chose the sabbot rounds because I have the rifled deer barrel on my shotgun, which has a tactical light on it. I figure is something is getting chickens, I will probably want the light. Marcus

If I did shoot the dog, it would be after many warnings. I would call her and ask her to come and get the dog. I would also leave the dog lying where it fell. Which would be trying to dig into the chicken pen. I think the combination of this latest cost to her, combined with our new fence...

Thank you. I appreciate that. Marcus

Officer Williams is the one who helped me on Monday. I asked her not to write a citation to this person, but to call them instead and explain my rights as a livestock owner. She said she would. I also found out that animal control will not actually take the animal away. They just keep...

I live in the middle of a 10 acre, treed plot. Shooting the dog won't be a problem legally or practically.

I agree. Taking the dog would be theft. At this point I really have two options.. 1. Passive - build a structure that the dog cannot possibly get into. 2. Aggressive - Shoot the dog I will most likely do both.

Jean, I really appreciate that. I have boarded up the coop, so the replacement chickens will not be able to free range until I get the "fortress" built this spring. I will send you a private email. Can you let me know when you have a couple dozen hatching eggs or chicks available? Of course...

Hi Jean, Yeah, this was really depressing right on the heels of the failed incubator incident. The 4 chicks that did make it are doing great though =] Marcus For those that don't know. The first time the dogs attacked, this rooster lost all his feathers from the back half of his body and...

That's not a bad idea. I work in a different state. Maybe drop it off at a pound on a lunch break.

Having a single chicken is illegal where you are? I couldn't live there =]

I am up north in the Coeur d'Alene/Rathdrum area. I agree, she should have given the dog away a long time ago.

Idaho

Of course the humorous side of the situation is that I would shoot the dog, grab the shovel and realize that I can't dig in frozen ground =]

Thank you for posting that, I hadn't read it yet.

I would go .22 also, except for the firearm discharge laws that apply within city limits. If you hit the coon in the body with a 1000fps pellet gun, it would probably run off and die later of internal bleeding. A .22 would more likely create enough shock to kill it where it stands. If you can...

After it happened the first time, she did put up a chainlink fence to house the dogs in and ran a hot wire around the inside of it. Animal control has already told me that I am within my legal rights to shoot the dog if it is... 1. On my property 2. The bullet will not cross the path of a...