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I have never used a muzzle but I agree - a great tool to use around the chickens. I will definitely look up the Baskerville (as in Sherlock Holmes) muzzle. Thank you for mentioning it.

Someone asked if we had considered a professional dog trainer concerning Lady Isabelle. At least I think it was concerning Lady and not shock collars. My husband and I have had dogs non-stop for our entire lives - 55 years for me and 58 for Bart. During that time, Bart used to breed German...

I am sorry to hear of shock collars being used for any training. They are just cruel and, I think, show a lazy attitude toward training. We recently lost both our dogs within 28 days of one another (massive stroke with our fifteen-year-old Border Collie and Evan's Syndrome with our...

We lost our beloved Charity last September to a hawk. She had eleven three-week-old chicks, too. The hawk came out of nowhere and took one of the chicks. Charity attacked the hawk and lost her life. We were only about 100 feet away when the murder occurred but there wasn't anything we could do...

Hello! We used to have a similar problem with our entire flock - from day-old chicks to our retired, senior end of the spectrum. What we came up with is "chicken soup". No - not THAT kind! We bring in a container of crumbles. We put about six cups into a big stock pan. Then we make "soup" with...

We have only actively had chickens for about four years. Our original flock was a rescue of three roosters (all adult) and four adult hens. Eric was the Head Roo (and still is). He had two sons - Joseph and Prince. All was well for about a year. Then Joseph tried to kill Prince. We put them...