Re: Neighbors dog got in my chickens

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:26:14 -0700 (PDT), graverobber_69@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>On Jun 28, 10:44 am, h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 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 fini****ng 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