Two Husky sled dogs wiped out my entire flock of chickens!!!!

[dinahmoe]

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i did the same thing.

so sorry for what happened.

i can understand foxes/hawks because they are hungry but dogs are the worst,just for sport and they kill them all.

 

[GableBabble]

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I think people who own dogs should be more aware of what one small whoopsie can do to farmers. My father used to say a dog is not really different then a loaded gun. Handled properly you and the people and animals around you are safe. Mishandled and you have some sort of travesty. I really do wish there was more farmers could do to keep from this sort of thing happening. We spend all this money and time to keep our animals safe just to be at such a loss when someone else lets their pets out.

Neighbors and pets are sometimes your worst foe. Humans are selfish and prone to mistakes. They do not think their pets would ever hurt a fly. Let them out then OMG NO!. I really never thought my Fluffy Wubsie would do something like that!

There should be a farming law of some sort that will allow you to hold pets until a fine is paid (to make these people more responsible), or allow you to dispatch problem animals and fine the owners. Maybe even make it mandatory to microchip all pets so that you can find these people too. In my case it is people dumping their dogs, then the dogs make short work of our animals.


**I am sorry if I am sounding too harsh. The elderly couple two farms down from us just had something similar happen to them. Someone bought an acre and had a mobile home put on it, then let their dogs run free to wreak havoc with everyone's animals. They lost all their fowl in one night. They too live off their animals. He shot the dogs the next morning, and now from what I hear they might get jail time b/c of shooting them.

 

[Katy]

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Here it's legal to shoot and kill any dog that is harrassing or killing your livestock.

 

[Cosmopolis Chick]

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X2

So sorry for you I'm almost wordless.

 

[effie]

The long and short of it --it was a massacre!!!! Totally senseless......hopefully you will be paid...money doesn't cover the time and energy put into them though. I must say I am impressed you live in Canada and wield a gun

this is one of those rare instances that it is a needed item!!!!

Oh,just checked your website--am going to listen to your music--I have 4 military sons-one left for afghanistan monday for 9 months. thanks!

 

[Nicole01]

Wow, that is terrible! You are asking too little for recovery. I've read your allowed $20-30 per bird lost. I'm so very sorry.

I hope the dog owners pay the amount you so fairly asked.

 

[EweSheep]

It just sucks!

I hope the money will go to you quickly to repay those orders that was paid previously.

Just senseless killing but I can understand huskies with high prey drive. Not their fault but the owner's.

 

[tnchickenut]

I'm dealing with neighbor's dogs too right now... i haven't lost that many at once (mine are breeder birds and broke down into smaller groups)... but I feel your pain. I lose more everyday and never have the rifle with me when I need it. Now it stays in my hand.

 

[Jerseycoop]

So sorry

I would have died to have woken up to the massacre. I hope you get compensated for your losses. I'd give them a seperate bill for cleaning up the carcasses as well

 

[nurseshelly]

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We had a dog try to eat our rabbit's feet through the mesh too! It chewed a hole in our fence to get into our yard and do it.