Do you have a dog that hangs out with your chickens?

[stellas mommy]

This is my chicken lover. Her name is Mishka. She is Australian Shepard and Golden Retriever.

she will take all the eggs out of the boxes and put them in the corner and guard them lol.

 

[peteyfoozer]

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[suebee]

I also have a Golden Retriever that looks after my free range silkies. They do have to be trained but make great companions for my chickens.

 

[stellas mommy]

Yeah shes a really funny dog. Here's another cute picture of her.

 

[Mommy 2 Wee Ones]

My Sophie is a Chiu/Jack Russell mix and is 3 months old. She runs out to the coop with us when we go & will cry if she is not allowed to come in & see them. The chickens think she is a chicken, because if she is dirty, they will come over & pick the dirt off of her.

This is Buffy cleaning Sophie

And when it is time to go in, she will not come, I have to chase her around the run as if I was chasing one of the chickens.

 

[peterlund]

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Awesome dog. Imagine how hard she controlled herself........... Now she has friends/family for life!!

 

[Pebbles]

We have three dogs- two border collies and a pomeranian. The old border collie doesn't have anything to do with the chickens, just ignored them. The younger (3 yrs old) border collie is the protector of the flock. He lays by the run and just stares at the girls. If I let them out to free range he is right there with them walking very slow so as to not disturb them. I got 15 chicks 7 weeks ago and he was just msmerized by them. I was so tickled the day he realized that these little chicks were just a small version of his big girl flock. They girls were out free ranging, he was watching the chicks in their brooder cage, then he went out and looked at the older flock then came back in to look at the chicks. I swear, I could see in his eyes he just figured it out. Border collies are extremely intelligent and this border collie is a great protector.

Last weekend I put the chicks in their big coop and run. He came in to the big coopand laid down to watch the chicks. They peck his eyes and nose and he just turns his head. When he gets up to walk around he is in stealth mode, moving oh so slowly so he doesn't scare the chicks. It is really cute to watch.

The pomeranian is trustworthy with the grown chickens but not with any chicken smaller than he is.

 

[peteyfoozer]

#35..that Sophie puppy is just TOO stinking cute!!!

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

My 2 dogs had to learn that the chicks were not their new squeaky toys. Took lots of training for the dogs to "leave them alone". Now, Murphy just sits and watches them from the deck and Miley thinks she is a chicken! She is right in the middle of them.


My 3 year old Shih Tzu Miley whispering into Josephine's ear

Just one of the girls

 

[peteyfoozer]

cute, cute, cute!!!