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  1. Folly's place

    Neighbors Dog Massacred My flock

    Did I already post this picture here? Sorry if it's redundant. Right after this was finished, Concrete footings, old concrete floor. Mary
  2. Folly's place

    Neighbors Dog Massacred My flock

    He has a dog fence, a buried wire with the dogs wearing collars tuned to it. Very effective, when it's strong enough, and used properly. There are dogs who will run through it, no matter how heavy a 'zap', we've had one like that. We then added a 'real' fence, with the wire about three feet...
  3. Folly's place

    Neighbors Dog Massacred My flock

    Also, the craigslist price is irrelevant, rather use hatchery prices from adult or point of lay pullets, vaccinated, and including shipping. Getting 'random source' birds from craiglist is a good way to bring diseases home, not so safe. Electric fencing advice from @Howard E , @cmom , and...
  4. Folly's place

    Neighbors Dog Massacred My flock

    One of my dogs also killed many of our birds when we had a fence failure. Dogs need to be trained to ignore poultry, and may still kill poultry not 'their own'. It's a fencing issue, both for the dog owner, and for you. Many of us have had awful experiences and found out that our coop and...
  5. Folly's place

    Neighbors Dog Massacred My flock

    I'm so sorry for your losses, so very sad. Agree that your neighbor is offering to do what's right, and needs to also keep his dog at home! At least figure the best price for all your birds, and costs and labor costs for your coop and fencing upgrades. A determined dog, or dogs, and raccoons...
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