Neighbors Dog Massacred My flock

[TheOddOneOut]

Its hard to explain everything since my husband handled a lot of aftermath and investigation part. I have no idea how to load the video and I haven't even watched the whole thing only parts of it. But it was definitely this dog 100%

That makes sense.

I've never experienced such a loss, and I don't hope to understand how you must be feeling.
But I did experience my first flock loss recently - a very, very special girl named Melody who I had raised from a baby. She had just turned 2 when she died. She was in perfect health her whole life, and I lost her in a matter of hours. I still don't know why. Members here wanted me to find out why she died. They wanted me to cut her body open, look at her insides, and see what happened...what took my sweet Mel away from me. And I should have; I know it. Maybe I would've found some closure. I should have done it.
But I didn't. Because the idea of cutting open the body of the hen who had existed alongside me for years and who brightened my day, every day.....the idea alone invoked pain and queasiness strong enough I wanted to throw up.

I'm not sure why I told that story. The pain I felt and still feel doesn't hold a candle to the loss you've had.
But I guess I understand people not telling you the things you expected or wanted to hear after you've experienced a loss. And I'm sorry for adding to that.

 

[Anime2lover]

I lost 14 adult Chickens today.
I'm so devastated I don't even know where to begin.
We have a security camera and at 5:30 this morning a Neighbor's Dog, a Hunting Pointer, Rammed the fenced Run over and over until he got a small opening (still no clue how it fit through) and got into the run and Killed 13 hens and my 1yr old Cuckoo Maran Rooster.

We made a police report. When he saw the cops at our house he came over and admitted it plus we showed the video. He said let him know how much and he will pay.

But where do I even begin!? This was so shocking and traumatic.
Do I charge for the repair to the fence also?
How much per chicken? I also had Marans.
Ages from 1yr old to 3yrs old

I guess I'm looking for advice on how to proceed.

Sorry for your loss. And definitely have him pay the cost to get new birds of your breeds. Plus repair costs. Also a fence to prevent it another time. These birds aren't cheap after all. He should pay in full (given that it is not way over priced.)

 

[MandaRae]

That makes sense.

I've never experienced such a loss, and I don't hope to understand how you must be feeling.
But I did experience my first flock loss recently - a very, very special girl named Melody who I had raised from a baby. She had just turned 2 when she died. She was in perfect health her whole life, and I lost her in a matter of hours. I still don't know why. Members here wanted me to find out why she died. They wanted me to cut her body open, look at her insides, and see what happened...what took my sweet Mel away from me. And I should have; I know it. Maybe I would've found some closure. I should have done it.
But I didn't. Because the idea of cutting open the body of the hen who had existed alongside me for years and who brightened my day, every day.....the idea alone invoked pain and queasiness strong enough I wanted to throw up.

I'm not sure why I told that story. The pain I felt and still feel doesn't hold a candle to the loss you've had.
But I guess I understand people not telling you the things you expected or wanted to hear after you've experienced a loss. And I'm sorry for adding to that.

I understand
our first loss was upsetting. Our first 8 girls were barely 1yr and we didn't have the run covered yet, 2 got out but only 1 got back in, the other we found headless in the yard when we got home. It was horrible, then year 2 I lost 1 to sour crop, and this year in the spring a new layer i think was eggbound and passed in the egg box I didn't have the heart to double check with a necropsy.
But this was almost all my birds in 1 day. All my originals 3yrs old, then my Marans that were just turned 1yr.

 

[Anime2lover]

My own dogs ate my first flock of birds.
I built a dog proof coop.

My own dog slaughtered a flock of adolescent chicks (17/20 dead)

 

[MandaRae]

My own dog slaughtered a flock of adolescent chicks (17/20 dead)

I can't imagine we have put off getting a dog simply because I didn't want to risk my chickens getting killed. Livestock dogs are very expensive so we are saving and researching.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

I understand
our first loss was upsetting. Our first 8 girls were barely 1yr and we didn't have the run covered yet, 2 got out but only 1 got back in, the other we found headless in the yard when we got home. It was horrible, then year 2 I lost 1 to sour crop, and this year in the spring a new layer i think was eggbound and passed in the egg box I didn't have the heart to double check with a necropsy.
But this was almost all my birds in 1 day. All my originals 3yrs old, then my Marans that were just turned 1yr.

I almost lost my while second flock to the hawk. Luckily my grandma pulled up in the driveway before it got to any other birds. It couldn't have taken one of the roosters. No! It had to take the only laying hen! Who was also the prettiest.

 

[MandaRae]

I almost lost my while second flock to the hawk. Luckily my grandma pulled up in the driveway before it got to any other birds. It couldn't have taken one of the roosters. No! It had to take the only laying hen! Who was also the prettiest.

My husband covered the run the next day. We definitely would have had issues if we didn't because we started seeing bald Eagles and Hawks in the air. I'm sure they were always around i just never paid attention until the first loss.

 

[Anime2lover]

I can't imagine we have put off getting a dog simply because I didn't want to risk my chickens getting killed. Livestock dogs are very expensive so we are saving and researching.

I'd be doing that if we weren't at the limit of how many dogs we can own. Their great for protecting livestock and alerting owners of threats like other dogs. My dog would be great at it if he wasn't bird aggressive.)

 

[MandaRae]

I'd be doing that if we weren't at the limit of how many dogs we can own. Their great for protecting livestock and alerting owners of threats like other dogs. My dog would be great at it if he wasn't bird aggressive.)

Is there a way to break that? The bird aggression?

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

My husband covered the run the next day. We definitely would have had issues if we didn't because we started seeing bald Eagles and Hawks in the air. I'm sure they were always around i just never paid attention until the first loss.

I feel even worse because it was partially my fault. I knew that the holes were too big. I KNEW that. But Grandpa built it for me and I didn't want to complain. The result was that a small hawk squeezed through a hole and killed my favorite chicken. If I would have just said something like "hey! I think a predator could squeeze through that hole." We could have covered it and Nugget may have still been here today.