My Dog Perks Her Ears Up And Licks Her Lips When she Hears Chirping, Should I Be Worried...

[ChocolateMouse]

You're not going to keep your dog in their cage for the next 3-6 weeks while the chicks brood, I presume. You're going to have to do some training and learn about managing prey aggressive dogs with chickens.

 

[Chicky Lover]

No I won't, I'll have to do some training that way she won't be a threat to the chicks.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I would definitely be careful with her since you don't know how she will respond to them if allowed to be around them on her own. But it doesn't necessarily mean that she wants to hurt them. I had a dog a few years ago that absoulutely loved baby chicks. She loved them and when they feathered out, she would let them hop all over her. She thought they were her baby.

 

[Chicky Lover]

Aww how sweet! I hope you' re right!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Each dog is different though. The dog we have now would probably try to eat one simply because its something weird and new. So you have to decide yourself how you'll go about trying to train her around birds

 

[Chicky Lover]

Alright, thanks for the advice.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Well no, but I can put her in her cage.

Can you move the chicks?
Is their housing outside ready? Got electric outside you can use for your heat source?

 

[Chicky Lover]

Can you move the chicks?
Is their housing outside ready? Got electric outside you can use for your heat source?

Yes.
Yes.
And I live in Texas there is enough heat outside for them.

 

[DogAndCat36]

My dog perks her ears up and licks her lips when she hears the chicks chirping. She also gets near the brooder, so should I be worried?

I used to have a dog, Moose was his name, he was a pure brown lab. He would perk up his ears and lick his lips when the chicks peeped. But one day, it put a chick in front of his snout and gently held him back. He literally tried to inhale the chick through his nose and the poor little thing got so scared that he pecked Moose's eye and that made Moose stop bothering the chicks. Even though he would always eat the chickens' feathers, there was barely a single feather on the ground that Moose didn't eat. It was weird, he loved to eat feathers yet, he was petrified of the chickens. Just slowly introduce the chicks, allow her to understand that they are not her tug toy or a chicken-scented piece of kibble. Try to make her understand that they are family.

 

[Chicky Lover]

okay thanks.