- Sep 16, 2011
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We have had Maggie for two months now. She is a three year old walker coon hound. A very good dog. Great with the kids, stays on our property, etc... She has pretty much ignored the hens.....until yesterday. The hens are in a large barnyard (they can come and go out of the barn as they please.) that is fenced with poultry fencing. They can kinda get in and out of the barnyard too though, depending on how desperate they are to forage the garden. All of a sudden, Maggie has pushed her way under the fence and chased the hens. I pulled one from her jaws yesterday afternoon and that one took off into the cornfield and has not been seen since.
She got another, the mean leghorn. When I told her to drop her, she immediately did. I picked the hen up to check her over and she pecked Maggie HARD in the nose. She yelped and stayed away the rest of the day. Well, just now I heard a ruckus of kids dogs and hens. I went running to find Maggie had a red in her mouth. She seems to be okay, thank God.
Why would this dog, who ignored the hens for the last two months, suddenly decide they are kibble??
The irony, our 3 year old English Setter, who we have had for three years, is afraid of them! LOL! (setters are even bird dogs!)
Thanks for any input!
~Lisa, with a brood of kids and a flock of hens in Michigan
Why would this dog, who ignored the hens for the last two months, suddenly decide they are kibble??
The irony, our 3 year old English Setter, who we have had for three years, is afraid of them! LOL! (setters are even bird dogs!)
Thanks for any input!
~Lisa, with a brood of kids and a flock of hens in Michigan