Had to bury my 19 chicks today.....

[CowgirlPenny]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine how that felt knowing they were all gone.

But I agree,with any dog but ESPECIALLY a hunting breed, once they've had a taste of them there is no way to stop it. They just won't forget one day. It may be suppressed but could come up at any time when the dog is unattended and the chicken is flapping or running. I have a 7 year old beagle who is terrified of most animals but I would never trust her alone even though she has never given me a reason not to. You never know when they can snap.

Good luck with your next batch.

 

[Nicole01]

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Unless the beagle has a strong prey drive, it would be extremely difficult thing to do. My husbands cousin spent 5,000 dollars to train their dog and she still killed birds(mostly ducks).

Again, I'm so very sorry.

 

[chicmom]

Oh holy cow! That's just awful........Hugs to you.......

 

[WVMatters]

What do you think beagle would taste like? Sorry for your loss.

 

[tarragon]

That is so, so sad. I'm sorry for your loss, I hope you can find joy in the new batch of fluffies.

 

[amynbrent]

My dogs are on an electric fence so when they move to the big coop we wont have a problem...other than predators of course. My Eskie (herding dog) will not touch them, she guards them. When they ran free in the garage with me she was right there with them rounding them up. The beagle I would never trust to do that. She paces by the door waiting to get in. The door didnt catch and she saw her in. good thing was it was over in minutes so they didnt suffer too long.

 

[64fyermun]

Sorry to hear.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

So sorry to hear.

I know how you feel - last week neighbor's dog got loose (it is still running on the loose and no one can catch it or anything!) and killed 1 duck, 4 roosters, 4 pullets, 22 chicks, injured two other birds & a goat.

 

[Lady Chickadee]

I'm so sorry!

I couldn't even imagine if my dog did that... I've had something similar like that happen once where my German Shepherd killed 1 of my kittens and 1 of my other barn cats. I was very mad at her

but I knew she was just trying to protect her territory(which the two cats happened to wonder on.)Good luck on the next batch!

 

[silkieluver_07]

Sorry for your loss