The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

Cap, put reading material in your bathroom, and set a chair in your coop/pens. When they start to squabble, go out and visit your livestock, OR go sit in your bathroom, and read. Stay out until the storm passes.

I do have lots of things to do outside.

 

[bruceha2000]

The Broodie I had, kicked them to the curb at 8 or 9 weeks old

Zorra would stick with them for a couple of months. Anais "helped" and always stuck with them at least another month. I think by that time they were getting independent.

got my dose of bad Karma for the day

Better than a dose of rat spit injected into your hand!

Cap, when they go into that mode, excuse yourself and go out and commune with your goats and chickens for a while.

Take one, only one, of the little squabblers outside to build something with you. Divide and conquer

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Sad that people just don't give a s... about what their animals are doing. Do they dig under in many places or do they have a favorite? If it is a relatively small span, maybe you could dig a good foot to 18" down next to the fence and put some fencing down in the "slot" then fill it back in. Maybe if they hit something they can't dig through they will go elsewhere for fun.

Maybe animal control could be helpful. If not maybe the dog needs a trip to the pound. Or the good old SSS remedy if you dare.

 

[Slocala]

I am not spent, just enjoy doing the work I want to do, not what I need to do for a job.
Good luck on your mission. Had the same issue in TN. No animal control. After I year f losing chickens and quail, I discovered who owned the dogs. She was not interested in putting up a fence or tying her dogs. I told her i was going to shoot them and she didn't care. So it came to an end.

At 58 and a Stroke survivor, rest assured I'm the one who is "SPENT" Close to worthless but my chickens don't seem to mind! I meant that in good fun. Not to offend anyone.

 

[microchick]

At 58 and a Stroke survivor, rest assured I'm the one who is "SPENT" Close to worthless but my chickens don't seem to mind! I meant that in good fun. Not to offend anyone.

Welcome to the Home! Rest assured, most of us here are fighting some sort of chronic health condition (s) along with being a bit shall we say, long in the tooth.

The thing is, well all keep plugging along, tending our flocks and hanging out here where most are of the age where we remember nickel pop and candy bars, The Lone Ranger and Sky King and The Beatles before Yoko Ono arrived on the scene....oh, and when Computers were a thing of Science Fiction!

We always have an empty rocking chair and a pot of coffee on the stove and newcomers are always welcome.

I wish I had an answer for your neighbor problem. The only thing I can think of is to get a hav a hart live trap and trap the intruder, then turn him over to the humane society along with the owner's information. They will have to bail pooch out of the pokey and may be more inclined to keep it home...or the little fiend will become the problem of the pound.

 

[CapricornFarm]

At 58 and a Stroke survivor, rest assured I'm the one who is "SPENT" Close to worthless but my chickens don't seem to mind! I meant that in good fun. Not to offend anyone.

It's ok, I just get touchy with all the issues I have to deal with. Not done living or building yet. Sorry you had to experience a stroke. I used to care for a lady that had a stroke, while I was becoming a nurse.

 

[sourland]

At 58 and a Stroke survivor, rest assured I'm the one who is "SPENT" Close to worthless but my chickens don't seem to mind! I meant that in good fun. Not to offend anyone.

Welcome to the Old Folks Home - many of us are past our Glory Years. You will fit right in.

 

[ronott1]

At 58 and a Stroke survivor, rest assured I'm the one who is "SPENT" Close to worthless but my chickens don't seem to mind! I meant that in good fun. Not to offend anyone.

We do not get offended easily on this thread!

It is good that you survived the stroke

 

[pennyJo1960]

At 58 and a Stroke survivor, rest assured I'm the one who is "SPENT" Close to worthless but my chickens don't seem to mind! I meant that in good fun. Not to offend anyone.

Take said dog to local animal shelter problem solved
Welcome to Old Folks thread we are pretty opinionated but harmless

 

[sourland]

Take said dog to local animal shelter problem solved
Welcome to Old Folks thread we are pretty opinionated but harmless

Are you sure about the 'harmless'?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Most of us yes George Most of us