Minch83
In the Brooder
Firstly, welcome to this thread Minch83 .... I have not seen you here before. It's a great thread / site.
I don't know much about maremmas except that they are bred to protect herds ( of whatever ) to the exclusion of all else. e.g. ( and I think this was recently posted here or on another thread on BYC ) ... a maremma was in charge of a goat herd, but chookies got into their reserve, and the maremma 'protected' the goats. Maremma and goats all ok .... chickens - are no longer. From memory, that maremma was returned, from whence he came. ! Which was rather sad, but it had to be done.
So this had me google around ... and I found this site which might help a little. http://www.maremmano.com/maremma_temperament/attentive_dog_behaviour.html
There are a few hints in this site, which I found fascinating. One was, that they can have 'favourites' in a herd. .... will leave the rest up to you to google further. If there was any way you could identify which chicken laid the egg - it might have something to do with it ( if the licked and plucked chicken laid the egg ) .... dogs are exceptionally intuitive, and your maremma might realise your chicken has done something quite extraordinary ... i.e. - laid an egg !!![]()
Good luck with this fascinating situation ... I am sure your maremma will not hurt the chicken in any way, but heaven help any other animal that invades your chicken run.
Cheers .........
Thanks for the link Anniebee!! I have read a few things on this site before it's very useful.
I'm not sure what is going on with him. He's been around all 6 chooks since they were 6wks old, they're now 25wks. Just very odd and wondered if anyone has had anything similar with their dogs
Thanks again!!