Question!?

[albird101]

So today my flock was attacked right in front of me!! we have a acre of land and my hens were all at the very end of the fence, my neighbors dog was also, at the end of the fence but was on his side, he somehow went under the fence and the attack begun.. My smallest bantam (lemon blue old english game hen) ran and flew all the way on the roof of the house. My biggest bantam (polish crossed with old english) ran away as quickly as possible but, my bb red hen tried to fly onto a tree but sadly Dident reach the branch and came back down , I went and grabbed a stick from the pyle of fire wood we have and ran to chase the dog away but during that time my bb red hen was getting attacked but Dident fight back she was getting tossed and thrown around the place. Until my biggest hen ran back towards the dog and started attacking it, she Dident do much besides stall the dog an the bb red hen tried flying away, I eventually got there before the dog had a chance to attack my biggest hen, the dog then ran back under the fence, my question is how come my hen Dident fight back instead she was just letting herself get attacked without fighting at all, luckily she Dident get major injuries just some feathers torn off I was wondering how come she Dident fight back!?

 

[RIR43]

the could just have been shocked for mine have also done that and she may have just tried to play dead they are smart you should do something about that dog though .

 

[MrsBachbach]

A chicken fight back a dog attack? I've never heard of it. There name suits them.

Most birds die when attacked by a dog. I've seen a dog kill a whole flock just for the joy of it. Fix that fence or you will lose your flock.

 

[4 the Birds]

Chickens lose a lot of feathers when attacked. If the dog can get it down and hold it then it can grab through the feathers. Our shepherd has grabbed a few when they have gotten out of their free range area. Both survived even though they were carried around in his mouth and had drawn a little blood. If you have a rooster then he will step up and take the attack or try to protect his girls. The hens usually just try to run/fly away. A chicken is not much of a match against a large dog. Kinda like us going up against a grizzly bear... Either run, fight back or curl up in a ball and hope he goes away.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

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