Re: Neighbors dog got in my chickens

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:26:14 -0700 (PDT), graverobber_69@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:

On Jun 28, 10:44 am, h...@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
A dachshund.  Always hated those little sh**s.  This dingbat was
walking her dog and let him run off leash sniffing around my chicken
pen.  The thing found a loose spot under the wire and went in and
followed them right into the coop.  Mauled two of them.  A young
rooster got chewed up behind one wing.  His back looks kinda bloody. A
young hen was laying on her side, looking alert but unable to walk.
These are Rhode Island reds, about 5-6 weeks old.  Do I need to kill
the injured ones or can I give them awhile to see if they recover?

Hal

Yeah, Hal, I know what you mean. A lot of those small dogs were bred
to be (the general term for them) "ratters". But that in no means
justifies what the dog did your chickens. I hope you prevailed on
your neighbour to pay for the dead fowl and/or called animal control
to have that killer dog put out of its misery before it causes even
more to many of God's most noble creatures, the chicken.

nah, it wasn't the dog's fault. It was just doing what dogs do. It
was my fault really. I did not have my pen all secured yet. The
chickens are a new project for me, and I am still finishing up the
coop and pen and did not have the bottom of the fence secured all the
way around and it went under the chicken wire. I was a bit upset with
the dingbat neighbor but she felt so bad and apologized so many times
that I couldn't really blame her.

the rooster survived. He seems to be doing fine. I have 3 and I
can't even tell which one was chewed up. The hen was not able to walk
after about 3 days I put her down as she didn't seem to be recovering.
So now I'm down to 20 hens and 3 roosters. Contemplating taking 2 of
the roosters for dinner sometime soon.


Hal
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