Backyard Brahmas!!

[carcar80]

Thank you. I'm sorry about your boy, I think (good) Roos are hardest to lose, they have such personality..

 

[WHmarans]

Thank you.

I'm sorry about your boy, I think (good) Roos are hardest to lose, they have such personality..

I agree. Good Roos are not not always easy to find and are the coolest.

 

[carcar80]

I had a great SLW roo who was killed back in the fall. Of course I've barely had this one a week but so far he's amicable.

 

[bumpercarr]

Thank you.

I'm sorry about your boy, I think (good) Roos are hardest to lose, they have such personality..

He was such a sweet roo too. Really liked being around me, talking to his girls, just a really nice rooster. Never, ever did he raise a hackle to me. I just hope I get another one out of the brooder that is just like him.

 

[CarolinaHen]

Again, thanks everyone for the support.  So, 8 month old pullet still alive this morning.  Gave her some water, she drank like she was thirsty.  Called my vet who does do chickens, but he is out of town.  Referred to a vet about 30 miles away.  Called them, they gave me some pain killer and some antibiotics to use on her.  Came home, gave her pain meds, antibiotics, mashed chick starter with milk, more water with electrolytes and put her back in the kennel.  I'm hoping that the pain relief will enable her to start using her head so that she can eat and drink on her own.  She's very cooperative, but I'd rather she decides how much and when instead of being forced by me every hour to eat and drink..

6 week old is doing fine.  I'm going to put antibiotic in the water so that he/she gets a dose of it as well for the next 5 days or so.  Older pullet isn't out of danger yet, but things are looking up.

I think after all of this is over, I'm going to take a vacation!

Great news!

 

[SD Bird Lady]

Enclosed by a fence. Raccoons I think. tore fence to shreds getting out I think. Didn't eat any just killed them all. have found one partridge brahma hen still breathing but in shock. trying to save her.

sounds more like a dog to me but i could be wrong

 

[big medicine]

I'm thinking about getting a flock guard dog. Right now, I think my husband would go for anything since he couldn't bear to see the pain I was in yesterday. I was thinking of an Anatolian Shepherd. Does anyone have any experience with flock dogs?

Daytime coyote predation got so bad here, that last year I was forced to keep all birds in their runs at all times. In years prior all birds free ranged, with the exception of my breeders, and they were turned back out into general population ( & free range) once I had enough chicks hatched.

After I read up on it some, last spring, I picked up a Anatolian Shepherd/Great Pyrenees cross pup. To tell the truth, early on I had my doubts. She had a totally different attitude, with my previous dogs when given a command they reacted. With her it was more like " I'll take it under advisement, and get back with you when I'm done with this. " kind of attitude. But at a year old now, her natural working instincts are starting to win me over. Her favorite thing is to lay out back and keep an eye on things, over looking her birds (still in runs). She is constantly scanning everything, with the occasional check of our woodlot.

Here she is keeping an eye on a suspicious vulture flying too close to her birds. If they land in a tree she will run back and bark till they leave.


From what I have read these guys don't usually mature enough until about two years old to be fully trusted with fun livestock like chickens unsupervised. I have been taking her into the runs with me since she was little, so far so good. She comes into the house at night as I close up all coops tight at dark, and have never had issues once coops are closed. She does not bark without reason. I am hope full that I will be able to free range again in the not too distant future.

 

[bumpercarr]

Daytime coyote predation got so bad here, that last year I was forced to keep all birds in their runs at all times. In years prior all birds free ranged, with the exception of my breeders, and they were turned back out into general population ( & free range) once I had enough chicks hatched.

After I read up on it some, last spring, I picked up a Anatolian Shepherd/Great Pyrenees cross pup. To tell the truth, early on I had my doubts. She had a totally different attitude, with my previous dogs when given a command they reacted. With her it was more like " I'll take it under advisement, and get back with you when I'm done with this. " kind of attitude. But at a year old now, her natural working instincts are starting to win me over. Her favorite thing is to lay out back and keep an eye on things, over looking her birds (still in runs). She is constantly scanning everything, with the occasional check of our woodlot.

Here she is keeping an eye on a suspicious vulture flying too close to her birds. If they land in a tree she will run back and bark till they leave.


From what I have read these guys don't usually mature enough until about two years old to be fully trusted with fun livestock like chickens unsupervised. I have been taking her into the runs with me since she was little, so far so good. She comes into the house at night as I close up all coops tight at dark, and have never had issues once coops are closed. She does not bark without reason. I am hope full that I will be able to free range again in the not too distant future.

Where did you find her at?

 

[bumpercarr]

sounds more like a dog to me but i could be wrong

My son and next door neighbor (and my game camera) have convinced me that it is dogs. There were two of them. Next time I see them on my land, there will be two dead dogs.

 

[big medicine]

Where did you find her at?

I had been thinking about it for a while, but we were at a big swap when the wife pointed her out to me. Normally I would have put a lot of time researching breeder/parents/bloodlines and such, but thought this might be my only shot at getting the Mrs. on board, and took a chance. We got probably one of our best dogs ever at this same swaps several years ago, Lizzie, a Rat Terrier, so hoping lightening strikes twice.

I have joined a couple facebook pages that have been very helpful with LGD information.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livestockguarddogproject/