Chickens are mad...but Scout brought hope

[TMChickens]

We went from 14 to 6 chickens in 4 days; we let them free range during the day and in the coop at night.
Locked them all up in the coop and man were they mad...but alive. It is a nice, big coop but closed in on three sides and wood floor, no run.
Had to do something quickly so we bought a coop & attached run. Slightly happier but still not as happy as when they had theirfreedom.
Long term plan..LGD! That’s right and we found one at our local shelter. We know he is Great Peryneese but man he took to the farm life. We are only a week into it but training is going good and we are hopeful.
We think he thinks Dolly Llama is his mom! Scout is his name and man we are are in love! He is our first outside dog. Eventual dream is to put coop in large (2 acres) fenced in area and let chicks free range with Scout on patrol. Put them in coop at night.
Read 3 books on LGD, listen to one audio but and additional training books or video suggestions would be great!
Thanks, Tara

 

[Latestarter]

Suggest you take a visit over to the sister site BYH as there's a pretty big group of LGD folks over there who actually know what they are talking about.
https://www.backyardherds.com/forums/livestock-guardians.75/

 

[townchicks]

Congrats on your new family member. What a cutie patootie, that pic with the llama is adorable.

 

[SueT]

My chickens are allowed to free range every evening when I am watching. But I was gone for 8 days, and my DH took care of them, never letting them out. I got back yesterday and in the evening opened the door to let them out and....they just stood there in the run, looking at me. No one ventured out at first. So it goes to show you that chickens get used to confinement quicker than you'd think.
Cute pics!!!!!!!!! Congrats on your new doggie!

 

[TMChickens]

Thank you everyone! We have 2 Llama’s one is black and of course Dolly. She is just as smitten with him. I am so happy that he is adjusting so well. I and going to check out BYH and I subscribed to a LGD site. He is primarily hired for the chickens. We have 8 more that are ready to be put out but we are holding out as long as possible to ensure they will be safe. Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[TMChickens]

Suggest you take a visit over to the sister site BYH as there's a pretty big group of LGD folks over there who actually know what they are talking about.
https://www.backyardherds.com/forums/livestock-guardians.75/

Thank you!! I went to the link and it looks like a great site. Is there an app or is it part of this site?

 

[Latestarter]

It's a sister site. Owned by the same gent who owns this site. Great folks over there.