I am considering a komondor for a livestock guardian dog to help protect the chickens as well as goats, etc. Has anyone had experience with this breed in regard to poultry? Do you recommend a male or female?
First, your statement " If you really are a wildlife biologist you would understand that trapping is necessary" is offensive. If you want me to scan a copy of my degrees to post then I would be more than happy to. Second, trapping is not a necessity. Predators will always return so what are you...
Awesome, thank you for the advice! I do have a mixed sex flock. I actually have a Rhode Island Red rooster and Jersey Giant rooster. We have a breeding pair of Toulouse Geese, as well as a breeding pair of Red Bourbon and Blue Slate turkeys. We have males out and about every day and...
Ah, it is nice to meet a fellow biologist!!! Thank you for the information, I am finding it very useful. I did not wait 2 years for the Anatolian that we had. He was close but not there yet. He just went on a murderous rampage at least once a week and it was eating away at my flock and pocket...
We kept the Anatolian for quite some time actually, we just recently gave him up. I should have state that at 4 months old he BEGAN eating chickens. I will not go that route again. We have the ten acres fenced in and I plan on buying bushes/shrubs this spring to plant around the coop and in some...
Hello All,
I have free-ranging chickens on ten acres that have an excellent predator proof coop. My problem is when they are free-ranging. I actually lost my favorite turkey to a coyote in the middle of the day. It is a random thing that occurs, not a daily or even weekly occurrence. We had...
Thank you for the welcome and the reply! I researched the slipped tendon previously and the back of his hock was not flat. A couple of days ago he was up trying to stand and putting some weight on it but I think he pushed it to far. Yesterday and today it is even more swollen than before from...
We just received a shipment of various pullets and a couple of turkey poults. I noticed the second day that one of the turkeys wasn't putting weight on one leg, so when I inspected him I noticed his hock and foot is swollen. I have separated him, put him in an area where his movement is...