I just got home from work a little while ago.
My DH told me that a dog got Skye our EE pullet today.
Skye and Silver are always jumping over the 4’ chain link fence into our side yard.
We haven’t finished the fence we’re building to contain that area.
They like scratching through the leaves and the compost pile.
My husband said he was going out to check for eggs when he heard the doorbell ring.
A neighbor told him she saw a neighborhood dog with one of our chickens in it’s mouth.
So he went towards this dogs house (across the street and 3rd house down)
and saw the dog laying on the porch but could see no signs of our girl.
There were only 2 or 3 feathers in our yard.
He heard no noise or commotion.
I’m wondering if she may have not been dead and the dog dropped her.
And then she hid somewhere?
This dog is a Brittany Spaniel.
I don’t think the owners ever let it in their house.
It wanders everywhere- pooping and peeing in everyone’s yard.
Clearly it’s fed because it’s in good condition.
They don’t have a fenced yard and they’re the only ones in a neighborhood of around 20 houses that lets their dog do this.
It’s possible it’s a hunting dog and since Brittany’s are bird dogs it may have just caught her and carried her with a soft mouth as they are trained.
Unfortunately my birds aren’t afraid of dogs.
This dog is seen by them daily on the other side of the fence.
It doesn’t act or do anything aggressive.
Charlie goes up to the chain link to sniff noses with it.
It’s possible the dog walked right up to Skye and she just stood there.
The WORST part is that as I left for work around 4pm I saw that Skye was over the fence and I didn’t call my husband to tell him.
We’ve had to chase her and Silver (occasionally others) back over the fence several times each day.
I figured he’d see her soon and get her back over...
My DH told me that a dog got Skye our EE pullet today.
Skye and Silver are always jumping over the 4’ chain link fence into our side yard.
We haven’t finished the fence we’re building to contain that area.
They like scratching through the leaves and the compost pile.
My husband said he was going out to check for eggs when he heard the doorbell ring.
A neighbor told him she saw a neighborhood dog with one of our chickens in it’s mouth.
So he went towards this dogs house (across the street and 3rd house down)
and saw the dog laying on the porch but could see no signs of our girl.
There were only 2 or 3 feathers in our yard.
He heard no noise or commotion.
I’m wondering if she may have not been dead and the dog dropped her.
And then she hid somewhere?
This dog is a Brittany Spaniel.
I don’t think the owners ever let it in their house.
It wanders everywhere- pooping and peeing in everyone’s yard.
Clearly it’s fed because it’s in good condition.
They don’t have a fenced yard and they’re the only ones in a neighborhood of around 20 houses that lets their dog do this.
It’s possible it’s a hunting dog and since Brittany’s are bird dogs it may have just caught her and carried her with a soft mouth as they are trained.
Unfortunately my birds aren’t afraid of dogs.
This dog is seen by them daily on the other side of the fence.
It doesn’t act or do anything aggressive.
Charlie goes up to the chain link to sniff noses with it.
It’s possible the dog walked right up to Skye and she just stood there.
The WORST part is that as I left for work around 4pm I saw that Skye was over the fence and I didn’t call my husband to tell him.
We’ve had to chase her and Silver (occasionally others) back over the fence several times each day.
I figured he’d see her soon and get her back over...
