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Attila the Hen said:
That is quite a story!!! So glad you were able to intervene. My experience is that dogs will eat the heads off and leave the rest. Lots of other animals get the blame. After a snake got in and ate a chick I got hardwire. I've also got most of the property fenced in with 2 dog guards.
Good luck.
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the hardware cloth is also buried 12"in the ground and curved outward, the wood lattice is better then then the plastic and at two foot just need to cut a panel in half and then you have a 12 Ft run.
 
rossfam06 said:
Hahahahaha!!!!! In all honest if I could go back I would. Lol!!! I mean don't get me wrong. I love it here too. I love the warmth. It's not so bad...I mean the air is thicker until your blood thins out but it's not a bad adjustment.
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I'll let him know that you said move down here!!! Alaska is beautiful, we did a cruise (husband) DH and stayed in Anchorage visiting with my brother, I'd live there if it weren't for the snow,cold, don't do cold/snow very well, hate being cold
 
Our yard is white.... And me and the chickens are not liking it! Icy roads, crunchy snow=cold cold southerner. The ducks don't seem to mind though!
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it moves out tonight
 
carcar80 said:
Well, I've had a good run with it and almost scoffed at the nay-sayers.. But I woke up at 5:00 this morning to the sounds of screaming bantams. Opened the bathroom window and shined a light out.. to see a 100+lb white dog standing INSIDE the bantam run with his front feet in the doorway of the coop.
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Yelled for hubby and he grabbed his gun and we went out. There was a second, smaller dog off to the side, certainly the lookout, lol. Anyway the big dog of course panicked. At one point he was sitting square in front of hubby through the wire with the gun aimed at his big head. Hubby asked me what I wanted, so I started counting birds. All were high up on a ledge except for two which were near the dog but not hurt. So as I told hubby to just go get a leash instead, the dog made a run for it through the hole he came in.

I could just die. Had that been my Brahma pen, all would've been lost with those big clumsy things. Anyway, we moved all the bantams into a four-side wood coop (where the Brahmas usually lay) and locked the Brahmas out of it. Gave them a portable laying box and stacked stuff all around their run- trash can, wheelbarrow, cages.. Just junk to try and divert attention I guess.

I really don't think the dogs were after chickens, otherwise he could've HAD this two Banty hens.. However if he'd gotten a taste or if I hadn't gotten there sooner..

So. That's my day so far.
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Hubby is gonna go out after daylight and measure for hardware cloth. Do you guys think putting it on the bottom few feet should suffice? That's what I've read anyway. At least it'll be better for now and we can slowly work on the rest.

We will call AC when they open, and I told hubby he should call our neighbor and tell him if he's around today to listen for a fuss over here. Which, bless his heart, will likely bring him to every egg celebration the girls have.
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So glad you caught them in time! Wonder if the big one was a Pyr? I know my Pyrs are almost impossible to contain. My Girl even jumps the 6' pen. She stays on a leash or chain unless I am in the yard with her.


Oh, and good news!

 

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