Finally got fence up to keep the neighbors dog out and now

[Holiday Angel]

The chickens look like someone plucked them. There are feathers all over inside their pen and they quit laying eggs. They are free run all day and locked inside at night.
The rooster looks fine though.. Should I eat the rooster?

 

[agnes_day]

why would you want to eat the rooster?

 

[Cara]

They're probably molting.

Cute dog btw.

 

[katrinag]

Sound like they are molting.

 

[Holiday Angel]

Sorry everyone, I have been on face book meeting up with family and didn't get back here. UGH..
I am glad they are molting. Why are they molting? lol
That rooster and I go round and round. I have considered trading him for someones hen. He is a full Australorp from last spring and he is pretty but we have two. He is also a tad aggressive therefore the reason I want to eat HIM...
Bad me Bad

 

[enola]

Is the pictured dog your neighbor's dog ? He looks like a very efficient chicken killing machine

 

[redhen]

aww! cute doggie!...

 

[Indiana hens]

My neighbors peek a poo was plucking my hens. Shut down production for 4 months. No they weren't ready to moult; but by the time they grew their feathers back they did moult!

Two died from scratches the dog gave them. I couldn't catch the little devil! 15 seconds from fence-pluck-fence. I hated confronting them about it; but they needed to know why we weren't having free eggs for the neighborhood!

 

[enola]

my neighbor's dog went to the pound 2 days ago, he wouldn't leave my chickens alone.

 

[guitari609]

I love dogs, almost as much as I love my chickens, but one of my neighbors dogs had to dodge 9mm a while back because it was harassing the livestock. I didn't hit it, but I definitely scared the heck out of it, (which was my only intent) and I haven't seen it again. I would have caught it and taken it around until I found its owner, but the durn thing would attack, make a lot of racket (it was a hound dog) and then bolt as soon as it saw me, after three nights in a row at 3 am it was time to do something......