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[Little Ameraucana Mom]

The old man I posted about let his dog loose last night. He can't keep up with the dog and the mutt gets out and will terrorize trash bags, other dogs, and our yards. Well, last night his little mutt ATTACKED my dog in my front yard! My Pitbull pup is twice its size but he's a baby and won't bite unless someone is acting aggressive towards my kids. The old man sat by his car LAUGHING at his dog ATTACKING mine! I had to pick my hog of a dog up and throw him in my front door with my daughter and 2 nieces watching! Then the mutt tried tearing down my front door! Fortunately another neighbor saw what was happening (her daughter was outside watching too) and grabbed the mutt until the the old mans daughter got there to deal with it. Ugh! Sorry for rambling :-/

I love dogs, BUT if it comes on my property and attacks anything I'll shoot it. We don't have an animal control here, the cops will even tell you to shoot it. If it doesn't bother anything, it is welcome here, we have even brought them into the house till we can find the owner

 

[Kiniska]

I love dogs, BUT if it comes on my property and attacks anything I'll shoot it.  We don't have an animal control here, the cops will even tell you to shoot it. If it doesn't bother anything, it is welcome here, we have even brought them into the house till we can find the owner

I totally agree with A Mom.
There is a state leash law in Indiana. Call the cops. If it happens again he can be fined. You are also in your legal rights to shoot the dog. If your pit bull retaliated I guarantee you would have to put it down even though the dog was on your property. Sounds like the neighbor is a real ***. Do not cut him any slack. Oh, hope he paid to fix the fence. If not you need to tell him to. Always take lots of pictures and do not let this type of person intimidate you.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

The old man I posted about let his dog loose last night. He can't keep up with the dog and the mutt gets out and will terrorize trash bags, other dogs, and our yards. Well, last night his little mutt ATTACKED my dog in my front yard! My Pitbull pup is twice its size but he's a baby and won't bite unless someone is acting aggressive towards my kids. The old man sat by his car LAUGHING at his dog ATTACKING mine! I had to pick my hog of a dog up and throw him in my front door with my daughter and 2 nieces watching! Then the mutt tried tearing down my front door! Fortunately another neighbor saw what was happening (her daughter was outside watching too) and grabbed the mutt until the the old mans daughter got there to deal with it. Ugh! Sorry for rambling :-/

That is ridiculous. Sounds like the old man didnt even care. People kill me, they dont reralize that you can shot their dog when it comes on your property. This is how the owner of the dog that killed almost all my chickens acted. Asked him nicley twice, still didnt care so we had the sherieff talk to him. He was rude to the sheriff! So then the sheriff told him how we could shot his dogs and charge him for all the chickens we lost (which came out to around $300). I still wish I would of charged him, but I didnt. You have a perfect reason to rambiling! Did your dog get hurt at all?

I am not sure if she will keep setting, I have never done a broody hatch. Hens seem to "know" if an egg is good or bad from what I have heard. Hopefully someone with broody experience can answer. I would watch close as you can in case she leaves the nest. Do you have an incubator, or access to one in case she leaves them?

Oh, didn't realize. Noblesville has great clinic if you decide to spay her, very reasonable.
http://www.lowcostclinic.org/
I take all the stray cats that are abandoned here to them to get fixed, I don't want a cat explosion here!
They live in a large metal pole barn and can come and go as they please.

Thanks, but I am probably going to get her fixed in bluffton, hartford city, or ossian. Noblesville is over an hour away.

 

[vickichicki]

Well thanks for the hugs about my wee one. I am still in a state of shock over it.
I appreciate the offer of a new rooster Sally however I was looking for a rooster to match my girls so I can breed them next year. My new guy was a perfect fit, right breed and right colours... Ugh.
I am now to the point of thinking about eggs. It will give me more girls and I would get to choose which rooster I preferred too... Unless of course I come across another mature/ semi mature blue/splash/mottled bantam cochin. Which is more preferable as the lack of incubator.
DH had a blonde moment last night and asked me why don't I just save the eggs from my girls I have now and hatch them out? I reminded them it take 'two to tango' to get those fertile to achieve this... Doh.

 

[vickichicki]

John - I am loving your set up and your feeder. As I have been so busy I have not had time to build a few things I would like to see in my coops. May well steal your hopper idea for the feeder. Would be nice not having to hump feed out to the girls evey morning.

Pip - loving the coop and I am quite excited about seeing the final deal. Make sure you let us know when you link it to the build page. Did you consider entering it to the coop builds? Would be nice to have two articles featured. Also... Why have I not seen some update pictures of the girls? *taps foot

 

[Kiniska]

Well thanks for the hugs about my wee one. I am still in a state of shock over it.
I appreciate the offer of a new rooster Sally however I was looking for a rooster to match my girls so I can breed them next year. My new guy was a perfect fit, right breed and right colours... Ugh.
I am now to the point of thinking about eggs. It will give me more girls and I would get to choose which rooster I preferred too... Unless of course I come across another mature/ semi mature blue/splash/mottled bantam cochin. Which is more preferable as the lack of incubator.
DH had a blonde moment last night and asked me why don't I just save the eggs from my girls I have now and hatch them out? I reminded them it take 'two to tango' to get those fertile to achieve this... Doh.

When did you loose him? Those eggs might be fertile. Hens can fertilize multiple eggs off one mating.

 

[racinchickins]

Well thanks for the hugs about my wee one. I am still in a state of shock over it.
I appreciate the offer of a new rooster Sally however I was looking for a rooster to match my girls so I can breed them next year. My new guy was a perfect fit, right breed and right colours... Ugh.
I am now to the point of thinking about eggs. It will give me more girls and I would get to choose which rooster I preferred too... Unless of course I come across another mature/ semi mature blue/splash/mottled bantam cochin. Which is more preferable as the lack of incubator.
DH had a blonde moment last night and asked me why don't I just save the eggs from my girls I have now and hatch them out? I reminded them it take 'two to tango' to get those fertile to achieve this... Doh.

Hi Vicki,
Sorry to hear about your loss. If you decide to go the egg route, you could borrow my incubator. It's a Brinsea mini, so it only holds seven eggs, but that's probably good if you don't have lots of room for chickens. I'm done hatching for this year, so it is not in use now. Another option is that I could hatch them for you if you'd prefer. Either way, send me a pm if you are interested.

 

[vickichicki]

EM - sorry to hear about your jerk of a neighbour. They seem to be pretty common place here of late.
I asked my neighbour who owns two great Danes if she had dogs loose on Wednesday. She said no, but when she let her girls out they were going crazy at the fence at my other neighbours dog that was out unleashed. Guess I may have found my culprit.
As it happens last night while out chatting with my sister on the back porch a little well groomed dog come wondering over. DH picks it up, no collar.. We can see it is well looked after so we pop it in a carrier and start scowering the neighourhood. Hour later I hear a guy yelling... So I finally locate the guy and it is my neighbour. Apparently an out of town guest had popped his dog outside (must have gone back inside after doing this as the dog came from the front onto my deck without being noticed). In one way it make me chuckle I had stolen a dog as it was from only next door. On the other hand, it was let out unleashed and without supervision and made it onto my property which means it was a potentional threat to my chickens and my dogs. Should e dog happen on my deck again today you can beat your sweet behind I will be picking it up and taking it straight to the pound and the owners can pay to retrieve it.

DH and I have finally come to the agreement we need to move to something with a little more acarage when random stray dog and neighbours are less likely to happen... Yay house hunting!

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

Well thanks for the hugs about my wee one. I am still in a state of shock over it.
I appreciate the offer of a new rooster Sally however I was looking for a rooster to match my girls so I can breed them next year. My new guy was a perfect fit, right breed and right colours... Ugh.
I am now to the point of thinking about eggs. It will give me more girls and I would get to choose which rooster I preferred too... Unless of course I come across another mature/ semi mature blue/splash/mottled bantam cochin. Which is more preferable as the lack of incubator.
DH had a blonde moment last night and asked me why don't I just save the eggs from my girls I have now and hatch them out? I reminded them it take 'two to tango' to get those fertile to achieve this... Doh.

I had a hen I pulled out to show,. out of curiousity, I checked her eggs for fertility. and after 3 wks they were still fertile (didn't check after that) So I'd hatch those eggs.!!

 

[vickichicki]

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When did you loose him? Those eggs might be fertile. Hens can fertilize multiple eggs off one mating.

He was actually in quarantine for 7 hours before he got attacked. Best chicken mother ever.
Only thing he did with the girls was see them.

One girl still has fertile eggs which I am assume they are from the Silkie Julie received. That has been a couple of weeks. Suprised I was still getting fertile. I have not crack any of hers for a few days, so I expect to see none fertile here soon.