I didn't exactly "nurse" him. I just put him back in the hen house. He wasn't in bad shape, just badly shaken.
I hadn't decided who to cull. We have three and only need one. He's the biggest and most active, though was slightly aggressive. He's stopped that, however. We're not planning to do...
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I'm actually considering that. She's pretty well trained and seems to be eager to please so maybe she can be trained to leave the chickens alone.
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When I saw the title of your post I was thinking gator. We had a gator take one of our roos once...we didn't get it back.
This is my back yard....
http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww88/TheChickenLady/Backofthehouse.jpg
Ok, that isn't funny, but....
Wow. Of all the predators to...
The chickens were free ranging. She was locked in the house but knocked a fan out of the window.
I think it would have worked out better if we had gotten her as a puppy. Our lab goes for pheasants, quail and even robins but leaves the chickens alone but then we've had them almost his whole...
Our lab mix is great with them. In fact, he's out with them all the time because we've never lost a bird to anything (but the other dog) when he's around. Our beagle is OK. He chases them, but once they're cornered he just stands there. He doesn't bite them or anything.
Pepper's a killer. She's...
I can't believe our worst predator issue is with our own dog. She knocked the window fan out and went through a screen to get our roo. I saw her as I was giving water to the ducks and went chasing after her. She dropped him when I shouted and pranced about her prize, looking shocked that I...