Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[AyeUpChuck]

Merry Christmas y'all! I love this time of year and people like you guys really just help to make it extra special!

I got a cnc router for Christmas so I plan on making some special little goodies to start including with my swaps. I'm thinking a fun ornament for all us crazy chicken folks for 2013! I know it's a year away but I can't wait!!!!

 

[crazypetlady]

To those babymakes6 and I owe the day after x-mas chicks, the weather forecast here isn't looking too good. We will check indy and Dayton airports in the afternoon but if there are any flight delays we won't be able to get your chicks out of here safely. If that happens we have a ton hatching for the day after NY and we may have to ship then. We will keep you posted. it figures our 1st real snow storm in 2 years.

 

[AyeUpChuck]

We're really lucky too with the pups! They love our chickens and turkeys! We haven't had a single attack with them!

 

[crazypetlady]

Sahwithchicks is cleared 7 swaps congrats!!

 

[debs_flock]

You all are lucky to have chicken friendly dogs. I have 3 murdering min-pins they can kill a chicken in seconds. I of course had the dogs before the chickens or I would have gotten different dogs. Min-pins were made for rodent control, they don't know the difference between pets and vermin. We have lost many a rabbit , guniea pig and chicken. They do however keep the rats at bay. Any mouse or rat that gets in our house/garage doesn't stand a chance with 3 min-pins and 5 cats all super duper hunters.

Oh no...................I never said I trusted any of my dogs with my chickens. The best neighbor policy there, is a fence between them and the birds. They did manage to push me into "processing" chickens when a young cockerel put his head through the wire and they made the kill cut for me

Border collies of course are the most trainable dog around, but naturally they have an extremely high prey instinct. That is the basis of herding, turning that hunting instinct into something useful. The circling of the flock is the same as circling the prey. Nipping the heels of slow animals to make them move is just controlling the instinct to bite. I don't trust my "kids" on their own and they have been worked on our sheep.

The great dane Emma, caught her first chicken yesterday. A neighbor's bantam roo lives in the pasture with our sheep. In the last few days it finally noticed we had chickens (must be stupid, we have 300+), so it started crossing no man's land to get back to where they are all housed. Emma caught him crossing the lawn. After a great chase, she came trotting back to the house with him in her mouth. She appartently is very soft mouthed, no holes (other than where his tail used to be, must have been a handle for catching). Anyway, after a brief rest under a heat lamp, he was returned to the pasture. I hope he stays there, he must be 6-8 years old and he needs to continue his feral ways.

Deb

 

[debs_flock]

The neighbor's roo after his ride in Emma's mouth.

Deb

 

[pysankigirl]

oh, see, my lazy butt dogs are perfectly safe with the chickens. Booga (the dog in above photo) hangs out with them all day while they freerange. actually gives me quite alot of piece-of-mind as we live in the country where everyone's dog is off leash and they neighborhood dogs are respectful about how high my guys can mark a tree-trunk... LOL

 

[babymakes6]

We have a Golden Retriever that is allowed to run most days but penned up at night. She is very calm and gentle. The only time she has killed anything is when a (stupid) turkey hen flew into her pen. Maggie can be trusted with the chicks, even, but if it crosses into her territory it is gone.

 

[Herducks]

Quote:
It is really funny my border collies are VERY aggressive on sheep and have "flossed their teeth" many times. But when I work them on duck, the ducks can literally climb over top of them and the dogs let them!!! My oldest will use her nose and scoot them! Now a sheep gets a good nip. Somehow I think they just know. I was worried about my 3 year old because she is so nippy, but she is just great with ducks and chickens. I will leave her loose in the chicken yard with out a second thought. She stares and will try to herd the chickens, but has never offered to nip or hurt them.

 

[Sahwithchicks]

Sahwithchicks is cleared 7 swaps congrats!!

Woohoo! It only took me two months to do it!