Huskys and chickens

[Catstar68]

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I just saw this.

 

[nhnanna]

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It is entirely possible to have both. It's simple really, I've been doing it for years. My chickens have a coop and large run, well fenced and includes a hot wire around the outside at dog nose level. Work's beautifully. My dogs also have enclosures for when I'm not around or when the chickens are out in my pasture. So at my house, never the two shall meet. But, if you are expecting the dog to learn to mix with the chickens, well then, I would not even give it a big maybe.

I agree 100% with this. We are owned by 5 Siberian Huskies and we have had chickens for years. We have the Huskies with their dog kennels on one side of the house and the chickens with their coop and huge dog kennel run on the other side. All the kennels are covered with and extra panel to protect them. I have never had a problem so far. We also have a cat that lives right in the house with the dogs. Most of the dogs have grown up with the cat. The only one that doesn't like the cat is the youngest because he scratched her when she was younger. I would never get another cat if anything happened to this one but if you already have them when the dogs are pups they are usually ok. My male is a runner and that is why they are in dog kennels outside. We have had to chase him in one to many snow storms. That is when he usually gets loose from his lead.

 

[Wizbop]

We have a rescued Australian Shepherd Husky Mix and he is superb w/ our girls. Now, he did have to be taught. He DID snatch one of our girls up and into his mouth when she was about 2 weeks old. She was spit out, unharmed. Just like w/ our new kitten, Luc had to be taught how to be gentle w/ them. He has a mild tempermant anyway and wouldn't harm a fly, unless you're trying to mess w/ his family! We have a 3 year old daughter, two cats and the chickens. Luc is the bomb! He and the chickens lay out in the sun together. No kidding! The chickens stand over our dog in the summer and peck the bugs/flies off of him.

 

[gretamae]

That's a great photo, Wizbop! What a sweet dog.

This may or may not be helpful, since my dog is a mutt (akita/great dane/anatolian shepard/husky?) He will catch and murder anything he can get his mean teeth into, but he coexists with my chickens. Everyone just has to stay on their side of the fence. He ignores the birds, but if one ever hopped the fence she'd be a goner. Thank goodness it hasn't happened! I leave him out in the dog yard (adjacent to the chicken yard) and hope he makes the hawks think twice.

So with a little extra management I don't think it should be a problem to have both.

 

[mjm417]

We just lost a hen to our husky last week

The dog, Morgan, had been pacing around the chicken coop since we got them and trying to dig under...now it's 10 times worse! We opened the run up and set up our temp moveable pen for them the other day and about an hour later we had 1 less hen and a black feather mouthed husky!

Morgan is at the end of her lifespan 11 yrs old now, however, she still has ALL the energy of a puppy, people flat out don't believe us when we say she's that old! We aren't going to get rid of her since we'd had her forever, but it will be nice to have more of our yard for the chickens, but we're pretty sure she's going to live forever to spite us!

 

[michickenwrangler]

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Poor hen.

My dog is also 11 and also hasn't slowed down. She still has good joint mobility, is trim and still enjoys a good romp and roll in the snow.

Huskies have an incredible amount of stamina and dog sled teams can cover 40 miles a day, that's as much as a well seasoned endurance horse.

 

[pdsavage]

I have 2 LGD live stock gaurdian dogs that live with my flocks,my muscovies acually prefer to hang out with them as well as a lose rabbit I can't catch.
These dogs where bred to live with livestock and to protect them.

http://www.lgd.org/