OK! so i live on 6 acres-the are kinda spread out in a weird way-either way-our coop that holds only 1 BO roo 2 BO hens and 1 RIR hen is smack dab in the middle-built off of the side of our garage! No one can see them from the road...you can hear my guy though...today was the FIRST nice day to be able to let the chickens out for more than a few minutes. We were working on our property all day-clearing brush-bonfires-getting the coop site prepared-etc..our chickens always head straight for our compost heap to dig for bugs-right next to their coop-we could see them at all times. so it's like 60 out full sun and I get thirsty-my DH is running the bobcat( noisy) my two girls on the trampoline. I come out from the house to see this &^%$#@! black lab chasing my roo-my roo was running for his life-I start screaming ym DH sees me and the commotion and starts driving the bobcat at the dog honking the horn-he wouldn't let up...I'm out for blood at this point-dang &&^%$ dog chased "sheila" ( dont ask-but Im sure you can imagine where the name came from when he was a she) right into his own coop fencing-slicing his comb-I see blood immediately-he is dazed-but manages to run like the wind-somewhere??? The owner finally shows up-lives accross the street-and gets the dog-he sees us screaming chasing his dog-he puts him in the house-and says ooohh you bad boy! thats it and he went to do his business with his girlfriend who happened to be driving all over looking for this dog! My DH knew not to stop me or he was gunna get it! I went right up to them and went off-The said they were sorry and they dont know how he escaped-I said well let me tell you I am a huge dog lover I have two-but they have NEVER gotten off of my property-and If I see your dog again on MY property-you wont!!! I said those 4 very chickens have cost me hundreds of dollars in the past 10 months-not to mention the 500$ coop that is being built-and the fact my girls will cry their heads off!!! I had the girl in tears-so what!! I said thats the millionth time I have seen your dog-he scratches under our coop-gets into our garbage an chases the kids-I have enough-chain him up pen him or something like I do...The last thiing I said was YOU BETTER PRAY THE GOOD LORD is IN ON OUR SIDE AND WE FIND THEM ALIVE OR ILL DRAG YOU to court with all the reciepts I have showing their costs to raise for the last 10 mnths-ok I need a cigarrette and a beer at this point. what do they do,,they go back to raking their rented house yard and ignored us while we searched for 2 hours for these birds-6 acres to search!!! one was under a blue tarp thoguht it was dead because it didnt move-to roo was all the way accross the property behind my husbands garage burried in a wood pile we had t dig him out-mind you this roo had been attacking all of us for a bit know0but he has been humbled-Ipicked him up and looked at hid bloody head and it was better that expected-walked very slowly and scoping out possible woulds a couple acres over to his pen -put him in with fresh water andhis favorite treats-petting him adn saying its already buddy mommas' got yor back--the other two hens were hiding on the very outskirts of the woods--God is god and has graced us with all our children back with anything but a roo head bonk! We were right there!!! God is good thats all I can say-we all said thank you...well I hope they take my warning-I may be smaller but let me tell you Im an ex rugby player-I play softball in a league-and I am no t a women to be messed with when it comes to my childred-DH-and pets I will hurt you-phewwww I feel soooo much better--thank you al this helped so much---I was almost tempted to let my 7 weekers out today for some sun-good thing I didnt! I dont blame the dognI blame the idiot neighbors-which is what I told them-now for the next and last neighbor that let her so dog roam--shes on my next hit list-can we file something some kind of restrianing order against the dog? I know I got lucku compared to all these horrific endings Ive been ready about on BYC-I have been even more cautious now hansk oto all of you wonderful people---I owe you gys and God for their survival....They have been in the coop for a few hours now-one even laid an egg after-ill be fines just wired upright now
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