Pekin Duck Club!

[Patriciaallison]

I have two dogs that I love but if either started going after my neighbors fowl my dogs would be pinned permanently or rehomed I don't understand people that allow there dogs to kill other animals! My Pitt has taken to chasing stray cats but never my own cats I figure she is just guarding he home. She never and I mean never goes after a chicken or duck. I'm wondering what people do if they have a dog that gets the taste for domestic fowl? What are the options tried and true that you use on a dog that likes fowl? When I was a kid I heard people say tying the dead bird to the dogs neck and letting it decay was the only way. Now in my adult brain I understand this is not true! It's kind of stupid dogs love dead gross stuff! What are the proper training methods for keeping a dog off fowl?
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[Frutfarm]

I don't know. We have fenced in birds. The pheasant the neighbor dog shredded was in a huge dog crate under a tree for shade. We didn't know until we put a trail camera near it to see why it was so stressed out all the time that the dog was harassing that bird for hours on end-so much so that he had worn down the area around the crate in a circle. By the time we figured it out, the dog had ripped the wing almost completely off of it. He has only gone after our other birds if they fly out of their fenced area. He's a sweet sweet dog, so we didn't have the heart to tell the neighbors. He and their other dog quite often attack cats, as well. If only they would attack moles and rats instead! The owner couldn't believe it when they caught this white cat and were tearing into it in front of her and that's when we finally said-we've seen him do all these things! That cat escaped and I found it, stuck it in a crate and a rescue group took it for emergency surgery and found it a home. That cat was lucky. Others, not-so-much. We're super out in the country and no one out here fences their dogs, which I really don't mind. We have a Great Pyrenees that fancies himself neighborhood watchdog when it comes to coyotes. I like him. A lot. So, fencing our flock seems to be the best success factor.

 

[tracyjg]

Well we will see if theses works or not. It maybe to big. We took a doggy door extra large and its old but still in box. We never got around to putting it up .so I laid it next to the door way of dog house. It doesn't exactly fit like it should. I will see if partners able to put screws in it and make it fit a little better For my birds

 

[duckmom1313]

. Donald

 

[Peekin In]

Heavy rain and a thunderstorm this afternoon and my silly ducklings were trying to catch the rain drops. However once it was over I noticed that one was quite soaked through, I'm pretty sure its a drake as hes still squeeking not gronking. Anyhoo I caught him and wrapped him in a towel and checked his preen gland which seems to be just fine. Now I'm worried he's not preening properly and he will have problems in the pool.

Just checked on him as they were heading into the coop for the night and he's looking dry and fluffy again.

Apart from the preen glands not working properly are there any other reasons a duck wouldn't be waterproof. He doesn't seem to have had problems when I spray them with the hose but todays rain was quite heavy.

 

[pinkfarmergirl]

Well we lost our male last night :/ I saw a coyote the other day a mile down the road and I'm guessing that might have got him.... we are so sad :[ now down to 5 ducks all females I guess.

 

[tracyjg]

Sorry for your loss. We lost hernia baby last night and two goldfish two weeks. So I can relate on your loss of your baby duck

 

[tracyjg]

Has any one ever used those humidity pads.do they work better then a house sponge that where's out pretty quickly. Would they be ok for live ducks near the nest. Would they work better in incubator they come in a set of 10.

 

[MandyJ]

I have two dogs that I love but if either started going after my neighbors fowl my dogs would be pinned permanently or rehomed I don't understand people that allow there dogs to kill other animals! My Pitt has taken to chasing stray cats but never my own cats I figure she is just guarding he home. She never and I mean never goes after a chicken or duck. I'm wondering what people do if they have a dog that gets the taste for domestic fowl? What are the options tried and true that you use on a dog that likes fowl? When I was a kid I heard people say tying the dead bird to the dogs neck and letting it decay was the only way. Now in my adult brain I understand this is not true! It's kind of stupid dogs love dead gross stuff! What are the proper training methods for keeping a dog off fowl?
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I disagree. Our dog went after our birds. I tied the bird to her colar and chained her for a few days (I hate chaining a dog!). We wouldn't even talk to her. Just provided the necessities to live; nothing else. She got the message. She NEVER goes near the birds. She will avoid a bird at all costs. She knows that she can get up and leave but she CAN'T hurt one. I guess it really depends on the dog.

 

[MandyJ]

Heavy rain and a thunderstorm this afternoon and my silly ducklings were trying to catch the rain drops. However once it was over I noticed that one was quite soaked through, I'm pretty sure its a drake as hes still squeeking not gronking. Anyhoo I caught him and wrapped him in a towel and checked his preen gland which seems to be just fine. Now I'm worried he's not preening properly and he will have problems in the pool.

Just checked on him as they were heading into the coop for the night and he's looking dry and fluffy again.

Apart from the preen glands not working properly are there any other reasons a duck wouldn't be waterproof. He doesn't seem to have had problems when I spray them with the hose but todays rain was quite heavy.

How old is he/she? A young bird doesn't have waterproofing on their feathers yet. That doesn't come until they are over a month old.