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[Runawaylobster]

if a coon can get their hand in a space they will not let go till they have what they wanted. If they can't pull it though they will bite their hand off and go at it with the other hand. I have my coop/run inside of another pin with a roof and hot wire around the top and bottom of that. I'm not so worried about the coons as the rescued dog's I have. They like coon and chicken.

I don't know what has happened but my dog has gone nuts. I have had birds for several years now, initially the dogs tried to enter the coop, i put up a hot wire and they learned not to go there and all was fine. I even have roosters and two feral chickens who have been in my yard with the dogs for well over a year. Just recently my big dog has caught and killed the two feral chickens. The hotwire is long gone because there were no problems and now out of the blue he has started ripping the wire out of my coop walls. I can't even let him alone in the yard for 10 minutes without him going over there. He knows he is not supposed to and he does it anyway. I am just pulling my hair out right now because over the years i have many more coops and now there is no way to hotwire them ...

it's like he suddenly went berserk..!!! for a week now he has been locked in the house while i am at work and supervised in the yard, which is not ideal, he is a big irish setter and needs to run..

 

[AmazingChickens]

It really depends on the temperatures. My chicks are around 6 weeks old but in their coop. I have put day old chicks out in the coop but have put a couple of heat lamps in the coop. I do have a lamp in the coop that I put on at night. I'm sure they don't need it but I have found that when it comes time to put them in their coop at night it is easier to get them in. I also feed them in the evenings in the beginning to get them used to going into the coop at night and then I don't have to round them up to put them in. They go right in and I shut their pop doors. I love the picture of your coop. I started out with one coop but over the years built more. Raising chickens can be addictive. Now I breed and show birds. Keep posting and love pics. Good luck and have fun... This is the chick coop. These chicks have long since graduated and are now out in the main coops. This was the original coop. It is now out with the other coops. This is the coop row. Each coop has it's own pen/run. The larger coops are duplexes which have gates inside the coops so they can be divided. Their runs are also divided with a gate between them. All of the pens have shade tables for shade for the birds. I have planted some trees in each pen but they are quite small still. Past chicks in the chick coop.

What part of Florida do you live in? Do you have any roosters? Would you have room for more chickens?

 

[BlueChick62]

I don't know if its an old wives tale… but i have heard that dogs can get a "lust" for chickens if they one time kill one. I watched a YouTube video that showed Cid the dog trainer on TV training a dog not to bother chickens. I can't find the link now for the life of me! Surely there is something to be done!

 

[cmom]

Quote: I live in North Central Florida near Ocala. Yes I do have roosters. I recently sold several. No room for more birds. I have chicks in the chick coop that will have to eventually be moved to a growout coop and eggs in the incubator, which when they hatch will have to be moved out to the chick coop. I have to downsize so I have been selling some of my older girlswho are still laying well. I'm selling some of last years hatch which are now a year old.

I don't know if its an old wives tale… but i have heard that dogs can get a "lust" for chickens if they one time kill one. I watched a YouTube video that showed Cid the dog trainer on TV training a dog not to bother chickens. I can't find the link now for the life of me! Surely there is something to be done!

Our daughter several years ago moved to a place where she couldn't have pets so she left her Walker Hound with us. She (the dog) never bothered our birds. We let the birds free range. She more of less avoided them.

 

[PFHEthan]

How is everyone!

Comin at you from Dade City!

Ethan

 

[Runawaylobster]

I don't know if its an old wives tale… but i have heard that dogs can get a "lust" for chickens if they one time kill one. I watched a YouTube video that showed Cid the dog trainer on TV training a dog not to bother chickens. I can't find the link now for the life of me! Surely there is something to be done!

i am looking into the invisible fence thing, but i have heard that they learn to run through them..

 

[pennyshubby2906]

I don't know what has happened but my dog has gone nuts.   I have had birds for several years now,  initially the dogs tried to enter the coop, i put up a hot wire and they learned not to go there and all was fine.   I even have roosters and two feral chickens who have been in my yard with the dogs for well over a year.    Just recently my big dog has caught and killed the two feral chickens.  The hotwire is long gone because there were no problems and now out of the blue he has started ripping the wire out of my coop walls.   I can't even let him alone in the yard for 10 minutes without him going over there.   He knows he is not supposed to and he does it anyway.     I am just pulling my hair out right now because over the years i have many more coops and now there is no way to hotwire them ...

 
it's like he suddenly went berserk..!!!   for a week now he has been locked in the house while i am at work and supervised in the yard, which is not ideal, he is a big irish setter and needs to run..

I had an American bulldog female that while "playing" one day accidentally killed one of my free range hens. I know she didnt mean to because of her attitude when I got home and saw what had happened. Also the bird was still bloody and hadnt been chewed at all. If dogs get a taste they can turn to fresh kills. Needless to say I found her a new home..because she started getting a little out of hand for my wife and little girl to handle. She was way to big for them to discipline. If your dog did kill by accident and got a taste for the blood, it's entirely possible you won't be able to get it out of him. Just watch and be careful. You might have to build him his own run or something to that nature.

 

[pennyshubby2906]

i am looking into the invisible fence thing,   but i have heard that they learn to run through them..

Depending on the size of the dog, and their desire to get at what they want, those invisible fences might not work at all. I have seen large dogs just amble through them shake their head to clear the sting and mosey in without a second glance. It sounds Luke your pooch is adamant about your chicks.

 

[delder2009]

i am looking into the invisible fence thing,   but i have heard that they learn to run through them..

I haven't had any luck with the invisible fence any dog I have had act's as if it was never there or want to fight it. And they will not keep out anything else out. If it does work it only works with what you have the callor on. They coast more then the hot wire does. With the hot wire you don't have to buy the fantsy post to run the wire. I use pvc pipe and warp the wire around it. The pvc can be scored to what you want or used like a stake. Wish you the best of luck

 

[Sahwithchicks]

We have two rottweilers and a buried wire fence... it works amazing, we never have to worry about them. Now, they dont even have to have the fence on, and still,wont leave. If a deer is running through our woods, which is just over the fence, the dogs will run up to it and stop right before the collar start,beeping in warning