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Chicken_tiger_catt said:
Thanks! I named her Lightning as a reference to the song Rainbow in the Dark. She had 4 siblings who died as chicks (because my local feed store sucks. They sold me six sick birds), and one who was eaten by wild animals. She still has Sparkle (an adopted sister from a different feed store, who’s siblings were all eaten by the same dang raccoons who took Lightning’s sister), and they tend to keep to themselves, unless it’s bedtime and they’re roosting with the other birds. I have 22 chickens in total.
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Well, that's a good story and a sad story at the same time. Thanks for sharing. I am not looking forward to chicken fatalities although where I live and the number of raccoons I see, I suspect I might be in for some trouble. Now I need to get myself a dog!
 
Rivernottimana said:
Well, that's a good story and a sad story at the same time. Thanks for sharing. I am not looking forward to chicken fatalities although where I live and the number of raccoons I see, I suspect I might be in for some trouble. Now I need to get myself a dog!
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I would recommend a retriever or a pit bull. Retriever dogs are often used as rescue and service animals, and my aunt, who is a veterinarian, says that pit bulls are strangely some of the nicest and most loyal family dogs she works with, contrary to popular belief. My grandma has an Australian Shepard, who is well trained and has been around chickens for most of her life.

The only dog I can say with certainty is NOT good with other animals is the husky. I’ve never had one, but I knew someone who had one. They are dumb as a box of rocks, and virtually untrainable. My mom had a husky when she was a kid, and it ate a cat right in front of her. Suffice to say, she didn’t have that husky very long.
 

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