Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[sumi]

No! Darn dogs, but I suppose it's natural for them, even if they don't have to hunt, the temptation is too much for some of them. Still sucks though. There are quite a few discussions here on training dogs not to kill chickens, like these:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/778988/training-a-dog-to-leave-chickens-alone

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/700017/how-to-train-your-dog-not-to-kill-chickens

Maybe there is some tip/technique there that will work on yours?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Very sorry to hear about the chickens your dogs have taken from you!

 

[AmericanMom]

I walked outside this afternoon to find our gentle giant of a dog snapping the neck of one of my Partridge Penedesenca chicks. This is the second one killed in a week - and I never would have suspected he was the one doing it

All the other dogs were circled around the Alpha male waiting for their scraps They are now penned in the old goat area. While they are now fairly useless as guard dogs, it's better than the alternative of shooting or re-homing them. They are all rescues and I'd hate to put them through that again assuming I even could find homes for them. And 3 of the 4 have earned their keep protecting us, killing snakes, etc. Hopefully it will be effective. It is radio fenced as well. So far since I first got chickens in April I have lost a total of 14 birds and now I am pretty sure it was them the whole time - and that includes 2 CCL chicks, 4 Kraienkoppe chicks, 3 RIW hens, 1 white leghorn chick, 2 partridge penedesencas, 1 Egyptian Fayoumis chick, and a blue Marans chick. All these chicks will impact the breeding I planned for next year too

I once stated that once a dog gets the taste of chicken they more than likely wont stop, I don't believe thats the case now but it does take some pretty heavy training...We lost 3 to our dog and didnt have the time nor the energy to train him so he went to a nice home without small animals. For me it was what was more important, I love dogs but with our scedules (Hubby works all day and I care for his elderly mother) it just wasnt possible.

 

[chicksooner]

I like to keep humidity somewhere around 40% but it depends on humidity in the room. I am running lower this time as the humidity is a little higher. I have been letting it run dry in between waterfills and it dips down to 23%. My aircells are a little on the small side. These eggs did not have the optimal storage until they went in the bator so not holding out much hope.

As for dogs with chickens...Unless it is a guardian breed and has been raised and trained by other working guardians chances of it going after a chicken are very high. Even then it just might. I worked really hard training my dogs and for the most part I trust them but would never leave them alone for long. My little dog shocked me by grabbing a chick last week and he has not been able to be by the chickens by himself since. He did that while I was right there too. My big dog gets a shock collar every once in a while. She just gets in the mood to chase. It is instinct for them. A couple reminder buzzes when she gets in chase mode and she comes to heal by me. So moral of my story don't trust dogs with your chickens.

Sorry for you losses.

 

[loveourbirds]

some people may frown on this, but i trained my dogs not to bite at chickens with shock collars. the ones i trained this way "believe" when they bite a chicken they get shocked. its effective, fairly fast - but you have to be consistant.

 

[ozexpat]

some people may frown on this, but i trained my dogs not to bite at chickens with shock collars. the ones i trained this way "believe" when they bite a chicken they get shocked. its effective, fairly fast - but you have to be consistant.

I am thinking of getting some of those collars for my kids.

Middle aged parenting is hard on the knees.

 

[loveourbirds]

if it were only legal, my daughters would have never needed hairspray!

 

[cochins1088]

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I am thinking of getting some of those collars for my kids.

Middle aged parenting is hard on the knees.

 

[cochins1088]

I may have hit the mother load of coops. My parents finally gave me permission to turn the old farm house into a chicken mansion. The old living room would be the main coop and I'd use the bedrooms and bathrooms for breeding pens. It's well ventilated, has lots of windows, and has mainly wooden floors. The only problem is the basement...

The house hasn't been lived in for 15 years; it just sits there. The basement has flooded numerous times so the mold down there is horrible (walls are completely covered). I was planning on killing the mold with bleach and simply not housing any birds down there, but I found something that worries me. On the lower portion of 2 of the walls I found a particular mold that looks exactly like toxic black mold. I ordered a test kit and I'll be sending it to a lab for results. I'm praying that it's not toxic black mold because if it is, we will most likely end up tearing the house down.

 

[AmericanMom]

I am thinking of getting some of those collars for my kids.

Middle aged parenting is hard on the knees.

I once said that exact same thing in a group of people who were talking about how effective those collars were on there dogs....The look I got was hilarious!

Bet it would have worked on our son.... He was a wonderer, had to put that child on a leash when i went anywhere, had no fear of anything or anyone! Now he is a proud Daddy of two very active boys ages 3 and 4 and even if i think he fully deserved it, I do feel for his wife