Rookie Urban chickeneer

[Apache12]

I’m allowed to have hens and not roosters where I live. I have a friend who has raised chickens and rabbits and he’s given our family eggs in the past and they are great
during this shut in COvid time I thought I should give it a go. Built a brood and have three Black Australorps. I live in Phx Az. We ordered a coop that should be enough for our three birds. Alll is going well until. I put the birds in the coop. Just temporary they are only two weeks old and not ready for the coop. Anyway we put them in the coop in the Yard to introduce them to my hunting bird dogs. Hoping a little controlled visits everyday will get the dogs used to the birds and they will learn these aren’t the birds we hunt. Well it went very poorly. maybe shame on me. Any advice on introducing dogs to birds

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Make sure the dogs know and respects the "leave it" command.

 

[Kiki]

Welcome!

My advice is don't.
Don't introduce your dogs to them.

I learned this the hard way too.

 

[Isaac 0]

Welcome, It's so nice to have you here!

 

[Willow77]

I'm new too! We can learn together!
My 3 gals are about 3 weeks old. I have a Russell Terrier and we have VERY controlled visits. I will NEVER trust her alone with them but she's very interested and lays by the door to the room they are in. Not sure if it's even worth the effort but after 2 weeks she doesn't snap or cry when she looks at them. Again, will never trust her with them because of her high prey drive. Once they are outside, their coop and run will be tightly locked down.
- Carol

 

[DiYMama540]

Welcome to BYC! You need to be consistent with how you train your dogs to ignore the birds...like Dobie Lover said the "leave it" command will work best!
Thanks for joining!

 

[drumstick diva]

So glad you joined us at Backyard Chickens, the pulse beat of the chicken community,

 

[Apache12]

Thank you all. Our coop will be secure once birds are in the back yard but my dogs live there too. The dogs a smart. And know my commands from hunting. I’m hoping what I use when they get on rabbit sent in the field can be used to tell these are not the birds to hunt. I’m hoping time gets them comfortable. We love these little birds and are so surprised at their individual personalities. I never knew. We want to make this work. The girls are Thelma Anne Louise Thelma is dominant and strong. Louise is curious and active Anne is so gentle and wants to be held. We hope as they get bigger the dogs will be less aggressive. Should we spend maybe 30 min a day working with the birds in the coop and dogs on leash working “Leave it”!

 

[drumstick diva]

Some dogs may require more intense training with corrective shock collar.
@ Dobie Lover one of our members could give you much better information in regard to that, than I could.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Welcome to BYC and the wonderful world of chicken keeping!