dog ate my entire flock today

[highcountrychickens]

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Besides the obvious here... which have been eloquently and pointedly addressed in response... I have to ask why you keep chickens if you are unwilling to protect them. If you believe it's natural for your dog to do this, and admit fault that's fine - but what about your hens? You have them, it's your responsibility to protect them ...

from Predators.

btw. here is the definition of Predator from my dictionary: An organism which takes other live organisms as its food and thereby removes the prey individuals from a population.

I'd think twice before you get more so they don't suffer the same fate by your dog (a predator) who only comes what's natural... again.

Maybe goats should be your new bag.

(also: Free-range chickens aren't free-range predators ... their threat is limited to bugs worms and the occasional ego of a tabby cat.)

 

[flopshot]

i think all deacon was saying is there was not going to be any retaliation against the dog since it was HIS dog.

 

[horsejody]

Just because something comes natural, doesn't mean it's acceptable. Humans domesticated dogs, and the humans that choose to own them need to be in control of them. A dog in its own yard is a loving pet to be coddled and protected. The same dog in my yard killing chickens is a predator and will be dealt with as such. If a dog is loved, it's contained and not roaming loose killing the neighbors' pets and livestock. People with the "it needs to run" attitude shouldn't have dogs.

 

[Bizzybirdy]

Am so sick of hearing about dogs killing poor helpless chickens. I went through this many years ago when dogs went into my chicken house and killed almost all of mine. When confronting the owners (neighbors) their reply was that their dogs needed to run and get exercise.

[ i] Now I do not confront neighbors.[/i] Any dog going after livestock on my property is promptly dispatched, along with racoons and possums.

That said it is even worse when someone's own dog kills and they continue to keep said dog or not confine it. [i]If you have chickens it is YOUR job to protect them.[/i] Either (A) keep your chicken killing dog or (B) get rid of it and keep your chickens. Must be thousands of chickens killed each year just mentioned on this forum alone.

I like dogs... have a Great Pyrenees now but have had dogs that were not good around poultry and they moved on to homes without chickens.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

Where I live no one has much trouble with neighbors. It is like Mayberry here...really! We all live way out in the country. Over 10 miles from town out in the middle of the woods... a handfull of us. We all have dogs and they all roam free with the execption of one down the road that is a troublemaker, so the owners keep him tied. If the dogs aren't bothering anyone, no one minds. ETA: with the exception of hunting season. My DH and other men are serious about hunting and dogs are subject to be shot messing up a hunt. Most keep their dogs tied during hunting season...we do for sure...

If a dog comes onto my property and kills something then I always will give a one chance for the owner to know what has happend and for them to correct the problem. That is just a good neighborly thing to do IMO. We have to live around these people and I like to maintain the good deal we have going. I have had other dogs do this too, btw. I did not kill the dog or even make the owner pay for my dead chickens and bent wire. I just let them know, let them know it upset me, and asked for it to never happend again. It has not happend again with that dog either. It was just 30$ worth of chickens that I could easily replace on my own so I didn't go into the "here is your bill Mr." mode. Most dogs that like to make a habit of veering off the dirtroad and into our yard will get a good pellet of lead in the butt. Not kill it but surely keeps them from coming back. Dogs that came into our yard and killed my animals and came back for more will be shot and killed on site.

That is just the way we handle things here........

Sorry about your situation -

 

[MysticScorpio82]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[chickensioux]

OMG! How horrible. I am so sorry for your loss...

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

when I said Lead poisoning, I mean a shot gun, its how my father talked about putting an animal out of it misery, I'm sorry I was misunderstood, poisoning is not a good thing something or someone else can get into it or it doesn't work and is painful.

I'm sorry for your loss

 

[keystonepaul]

*Although some ways are not considered ideal to some, it serves the purpose of removing the offending predator. If you have an idea or a helpful comment, please do reply. If it is a sarcastic comment about the disposal or capture of a predator, please keep your thoughts to yourself. We are not here to judge one another on methods or ways and means.

IF that is what BYC is going to stand behind when folks are freely allowed to write that you should shoot the bear and drag through the window of your coop and then call authorities, leaving salmon out so the dog can get so sick it can't recover or soaking bacon grease into sponges to create large vet bills for owners, It might be time to rethink what we're all doing. BYC have given folks free range and they sure have run with it. Maybe a better idea would be to limit any thoughts, discussion, or suggestions to what is legal- I can work with methods I don't consider ideal if they're legal. Might not hurt if we we were as unforgiving to irresponsible chicken owners as we are to the animals owned by irresponsible pet owners. As always I believe there are arugements to be made for SSS, a family friendly forum (that's what we strive to be -correct?) is not one of the venues for those arguements. How does one go about arguing/defending soaking sponges in bacon grease for dog to eat and block himself up?? How do I explain the upright thinking behind that one? There's no sarcasm there at all and as for judging guess I'm just trying to understand. Help me out here folks. Keystonepaul

 

[speckledhen]

*It is the responsibility of the person with the predator to determine the legalities of what they do and that person will take ultimate responsibility. BYC does not condone illegal acts.

Animal cruelty is an illegal act. You are in most places, allowed to shoot the predator to protect your livestock, but not to torture it. I really don't see this thread going anywhere but downhill, so we are closing the book on it. Sorry for the OP's loss.​