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Rocky Rhodes said:
Let me first say, I do not claim to be an expert. I do raise quite a few hatchlings(fuzz butts) every year, and have been for several years. I think that if you are confident that the coop is predator proof and you make sure to provide plenty of food and water, they should be fine. This time of year temperatures are not going to be a problem. I would provide a perch off of the ground for them to roost on. I usually move my chicks to an outdoor coop as soon as they develop feathers on their breast. Be sure the coop will stay dry if it rains.
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I'm with Rocky here. They should be fine. As long as they are predator-proof, and have shelter from the elements, there should be no problem. As for roosts, if you don't already have one in there, but you have some type of shelter for them to jump onto, they'll just do that.
 
mrsdszoo said:
I was just thinking; Benadryl might not knock her out enough (my anxious guy is only 47 lbs. ), but an Ace (acepromazine) would knock her out enough to sleep blissfully through the storm. I know meds aren't the first choice for this sort of thing, but when you've tried all the homeopathic/etc. methods to calm an anxious dog, sometimes you need them. I have friends who have tried Thundershirts with mixed success, and the same for Rescue Remedy floral essence. My guy has too much adrenaline going during his anxiety attacks for those things to work, and if the humans don't sleep, their work suffers the next day - making an impact on the ability to buy critter food.
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One odd suggestion... sleep with the dog cuddled up tightly against you. It makes them feel safer (like the Thunder shirt) so they don't feel the need to whine, bark, and cause havoc.

Then again, as much as I love my chickens, I can't sleep in the same bed as a dog. So it's personal preference.
 
LingaB said:
I told my husband today that I am beginning to question his farm intentions. So far he has told me no to ducks, donkeys and a few dogs I have wanted. It's not like he does the chicken chores anyway!

But according to him we need housing for the animals. A small house for 2 ducks, made out pallets would take a day and dogs live inside. Plus we still have the big coop that is only partially built.

Humph! I should just start bringing the animals home without asking and just saying since I am a stay at home mom, I was just being motherly and raising animals.

That'll work, right? Right!?
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I say just finish the shelters, bring them home, and toss them in there. Then he can't say no due to lack of shelters - you already have them built, and could easily point it out when he starts to protest! "Look, I just finished.... so they could live there!"
 
ChickDancer said:
One odd suggestion... sleep with the dog cuddled up tightly against you. It makes them feel safer (like the Thunder shirt) so they don't feel the need to whine, bark, and cause havoc.


Then again, as much as I love my chickens, I can't sleep in the same bed as a dog. So it's personal preference.
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Well that ain't gonna happen as long as my hubby is around.

But yes, she's fine if she's even just in the same room as us.. Problem there is, my room has carpet, she has a leaky bladder. :/

If I put her in the hallway she's fine also, but if we are not home (which we weren't last night), she can't stay in the hallway because knowing we're not home she won't STAY confined to the hallway. She is five and mostly trustworthy aside from the occasional wayward pencil homicide, but I don't want her on the furniture (again, bladder).

It's only when she's a) on the neck porch or b) in our bathroom that the rain freaks her out. The metal roof is loudest in these two places, and she'll not have it. She was always fine with weather until a couple summers ago wen we had a hail storm while at work and she was on the screened porch. Ever since then, forget it.
 

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