I tame roosters by grabbing them when they come to attack me. Then I scoop them into my arms and cuddle them, walking around the property with them. When they are calm I let them go again. I keep repeating this and they soon leave me alone coz they do not want to be picked up and cuddled. This has always worked for me.
I'm in no way opposed to raising animals for food; however, I do believe it should be done humanely and with respect--exactly as you're doing. Thank you for sharing your adventures and lessons, showing both the good and the unfortunate. So sorry for the loss of your chicken.
I’ve had chickens almost 8 years now, and still have some of my original girls ..they’ve moved states with us and everything.. it’s definitely sad when you lose one. We’ve lost a few over the years from predators to just random death with no sign of any illness or injury. Sorry for your loss of your chicken
Based on your experiences I'm building my run tall enough that I can stand up and walk up-and-down the length and I'm putting netting over the top. We have hawks and owls and I live in urban environment.
I just had a rooster die a month ago. He wasn't attacked by another animal, he just died which sometimes happens. The hens were all standing around him like they were mourning or trying to figure out what was wrong with him. It made me cry and cry. I love that you talk about raising your chickens for food and treating them good, taking the best care for them that you can, having a good warm coop for them, feeding them good food, etc. I feel exactly the same way. We raise chickens, cows and every few years and couple pigs. I don't raise my chicken for food, other than the eggs but the cows and pigs are. However, I take the best care of my animals that I possibly can. I spray down the pig pen everyday to keep it clean and as you probably know pigs love baths so after I spray down the pen I spray them too. They love it! Plus, I live in Tennessee and it gets so hot here in the summer that I'm sure it feels great to have some cool water sprayed on them. My cows, when I shut the house door in the morning, start balling and start running to me. I will admit that I get very attached and it's really hard for me when the time comes to say goodbye. But I know that they had happy well taken care of life.
Man, that sucks! It happened to us too on Jan 5th. A dog (or 2?) came from someone's house a few blocks away and killed 5 of our chickens. We didn't fence in our chickens because our yard is very uneven and we couldn't figure out how to put up the fence without gaps where the chickens could pass through. After that attack we had no choice and couldn't delay anymore. But 2 of our hens (they youngest in the flock) kept escaping. So even though I hated it because their feathers were beautiful, for their own safety, I clipped their wings. I learned from another youtuber/chicken keeper that if chickens see the top of the fence where they can safely land/jump up to, they will jump over it but if you put a string of bunting above the top of the fence, they will not attempt to fly toward/through it.
We had the same thing happen not long after we got our Pyrenees. He was younger than we expected so we are taking precautions and slowly training till he's fully mature. Currently the hens literally walk over him inside his doghouse to get his food if we forget to take it. 😂 I think the exposure is working because he just lays there and closes his eyes. The one he killed last spring, he was chasing/playing and it was hurt but he didn't even want to eat it. Just an immature/untrained dog so we're trying to train him before he's alone with them during the day. I'm sorry for your loss!!
I love that you reacted by looking at what you could be doing to help prevent this in future rather than just blaming/punishing Luna for this incident. You can try your best, but you won't always be successful. Hard lesson for us all.
We have Light Brahmas. We had a mean rooster that attacked our 5 year old. Until we sold him, only my daughter could go into the pen. After hatching our own chicks, we got 3 roosters. We kept the two nicest ones and sold the other. Now we have a nice collection of happy hens and the 2 Roos.
That's exactly why I clipped my chickens wings because I'm terrified the same thing would happen here if one got out into the space where my dog roams. Purely to protect the chickens. I don't understand why others don't get that. Loving your videos. Thanks from New Zealand 😊
Sorry this happened. Note that You can put netting across the top so they can’t fly out, then you can let them Keep their wings in case they need to try to get away from a predator. (I’m not against clipping though). Also most roosters are mean for a reason. They are there to protect the flock. Never met a nice one. That would be nice but rare. Just keep the bad guy and have caution especially around kids. My suggestions only. Best wishes.
Nothing worse than finding out the dog you trusted to guard your stock is the guilty one ( I would suggest a training collar for dog or rehome it) Your young you will be dealing with all kinds of weird things related to keeping pets I mean livestock 😅 You have some nice big pens I would try to have a top for them recycling old chain link fence works great for pen tops. And remember “a happy pig is a tender pig” goes for anything you raise to eat. Roosters I find if you handle them daily they tend to be very friendly and the ones who are not are sold or chicken and dumplings. I expect all my birds hen or Roo to eat outa my hand . Keep up the good work young man ,one day you’ll be old with lots of grandchildren .
I am so sorry for your loss. Chickens are a lot of fun and they're very sweet most of them anyway. I have two roosters. One started out to be pretty ornery but eventually became sweeter than the sweet one! I can pet the first one I was talking about I can pick him up check him out and he does not mind. However, my other rooster will tolerate my presence at best. And he attacks my son sometimes when he goes in to change out the water.
One thing I see that you DO NOT have is CONVENIENT SHELTERS FOR THE CHICKENS TO RUN UNDER. That is a MUST! Put several close enough for the chickens to get to. It's what chickens do instinctively for protection. Even inside their fencing, you need that. A hawk can come down out of nowhere. My chickens would huddle under a small trailer to hide, and later under some farm equipment under an overhang.
That is a great idea but we would need to big of a netting and haven’t had a problem with hawks because we have a lot of crows so we want them to free range a big area
@@phyllislucia hawks will definitely kill an adult chicken. I’ve lost 3 big laying hens to hawks in the last 8 years, and 1 to a young fox who dug under our fence. I had to kill that one myself. 😢
Awww, I'm sorry for your loss. It sucks losing an animal, no matter how many you have. As far as roosters go, from my own experience, I've found the Barred Rocks to be the best natured... and... to be the best protector of the flock. I have 3 roosters at the moment (only one Barred Rock), & the other two pay absolutely no attention to what's going on around them, unless it involves another rooster going after one of the hens. My Barred Rock will herd them to shelter if there's a potential threat to the flock. None of my roosters are aggressive to me though.Again, this has just been my experience. Good luck to you!!
I have two barred rock roosters, both are friendly, but from the time that they were chicks I took the time to get them used to being picked up. I will still occasionally pick them up and carry them like footballs while inspecting the coop.
We did the same with our Rhode Island Red rooster, all our kids would hold the chicks daily (after the chicks were several weeks old) and our rooster is huge but tame with us. He stays with the ladies following them and is shy of us but easy to handle and never tries to peck us. Waiting to see his spurs grow in and wondering if he'll change as we get back to spring and have a rush of hormones, for lack of a better word. 😂
I lost one of my first chicks to a dog. And I lost all my chickens to a mink. The first 5 in November, then the rest of them a couple weeks ago. It does suck. We had a beautiful, tame, sweet rooster, too.
hi! you a suggestion... When mentioning wing clipping please put a disclaimer or mention that it is ONLY ACCEPTIBLE to clip chickens wings and that it is cruel to clip other birds wings such as parrots, canaries, or finches.
I just had a hen with the top of her cone ripped off. It was probably from the Rooster. I had to separate her for her own good. It's hard, especially when you know they are sad. You have to do what's best!
Darn it happens. I would get those dogs trained because they are THE PERRRRRFECT breed for protection for ALL animals. In fact they are the ones I've been looking into for a hobby farm, outside dog with a warm heated kennel. You guys are so HUMAN like all of us and it happens as it does for ALL so don't feel the worst but like you said you will do better and just keep on clipping the wings. I GET IT man those guys and gals can FLY big time. I have BIG 10 pound boys and 8 pound girls(all Lavender Orpingtons) they can FLY 6 to 8 feet in the AIR when running happy and air lift. It's out of the world funny to see cuz they are so big but man can they fly high. I wouldn't have guessed it either. Thank you for sharing and I BEST to your family. A Michigan Mom :)
Hope u know to only clip 1 wing. I've seen ppl who clip both... I've had a roo who would sit on my shoulder the entire time I would work outside (tiny bantam), but the other roos I had were so nice & both loved to b petted
I also have a rooster named Cesar. My dog is an English cocker. I had to work with her to keep her from chasing the chickens. She rarely chases them just for fun, but will chase them down if I tell her to. I let mine free range during the day, and pen them up at night. Sometimes I'll have one that can't figure out where the gate into the pen is. What breed are your pigs? I'm not overly familiar with the different breeds, but I have seen pictures of ones that have a coat like a sheep. Yours remind me of them.
Sometimes chickens just die. I raise chicken for years, I won't blame the dog without first doing some investigation. I has 6 baby chicks I raised until they were big enough to move into the big hen house. One day I walked out and one of my new baby chicks was laying on the ground dead. No reason just dead. I would suggest getting surveillance camera to keep an eye on you animals after dark, or at least a trail camera. Chickens can just die from stress, or when they get scared. You just never know why they die sometimes.
Try live racoon trap if not a dog... had trap one ourselves , dug a hole while letting the other chickens watch. Played a little CCR Bad Moon Rising, filled hole with water, not more problems. The other raccoons got the hint.
That’s what happens with a city dog. A Pyrenees raised in a city or even suburban environment is like an indoor cat. It’s unnatural and messes with them. Our Pyrenees has never once stepped foot in the house or any vehicle. He’s 100% outdoor and loves and protects the animals. He even carried a live chicken in his mouth for hours until we got home because a predator was around. I would recommend having your Pyrenees live outside only and not allowing any city dogs anywhere near your livestock. This will almost eliminate predators entirely. As for death from above (hawks/owls), create an environment that lures ravens/crows to your property. The more ravens/crows you have around the better. Sorry you lost a chicken. We don’t name our prey animals for that very reason. All our chickens/roosters/cats are simply called chickens or cats.
You need to get ahold of Caesar and teach him YOU are at the top of the pecking order. You can find videos on youtube how to do this but basically, you subdue him on the ground and grab his neck and hold his head face to the ground. I will go try to find the channel where I saw it done. “How to tame an aggressive rooster” by Harpster Farms.
Yeah, I’ve tried all the “tricks” to taming an aggressive rooster. We had two, raised from 2 days old. George was attacking everything and everyone. He was soup. Patrick has gotten so aggressive with me regardless of what I do. We can’t have people over because of him. Yup…this weekend we will have smoked chicken!
@@lisawostalsmith3310 Sorry it didn’t work for you. I had not seen the videos back when we had our rooster. He was like a pet dog to my husband and he “tolerated” me, but one day he chased me and i went straight for the broom and smacked his a$$ a few times. He didn’t bother me after that but he spurred my adult daughter and my friend’s adult daughter. No wounds but scared them. Eventually re-homed him.
@@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens I don’t want rehome because I don’t want to give such an aggressive roo to someone else. Oh I’ve tried everything and he just looks at me with his beady red eyes and crows at me. 🐓 then tries to fly at me again. I hand raised them all and was very hands on. The hens love me, but not Patrick. 😒
I REALLY DON'T THINK THE DOG KILLED THE CHICKEN, MY GUESS IS IT WAS A RACCOON OR A POSSUM. CHICKENS WILL JUMP A 5 FT FENCE. SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. YOUR DOG IS NOT A "BIRD DOG", i COULD BE WRONG BUT I USED TO BREED BIRD DOGS, THEY DON;T THINK LIKE HERD PROTECTORS.
We were given ten chickens in Seotember. Lost one last week They are houssed in a closed garage so it was illness or such. One day here one day gone-within a couple of days our pet pig took sick, she has been laying almost i coma, been trying to get fluids into her but no way can I do this manually, some AmoxicillN AS WELL AS PEDIALYTE. i FIGURED SHE WOULD BE GONE BY TODAY BUT SHE SEEMS TO SHOW SOME OMPROVEMENT-NOT SURE YET THO. Sorry bout the caps=legally blind so my typing can be a pain.
We have to guardian dogs and two small dogs someone apparently just didn't want them and they came to our property so we've kept them no one in the area whats small dogs due to the predators that we have which are bobcats mountain lions coyotes javelinas and hocks bald eagles The small dogs are in training one of them just wants to play with the chickens but she's to rough.our guardian dogs are great they've been trained. It is always sad to lose one for an unjust reason I know there is those who say it's just a chicken are chickens and most people's chickens have a purpose and it's not to be killed buy another animal Pat or otherwise but as they say things happen
It most likely did, but either couldn’t get it off the ground or got chased off. Most predatory birds(and animals in general) don’t tend to kill for any reason other than protection and predation as it’s a huge waste of energy
I’m sorry man, I can sit here and say how you should cover them and this and that but who does that help? I hope that’s the only casualty y’all have… it’s sad man. Every time.
I tame roosters by grabbing them when they come to attack me. Then I scoop them into my arms and cuddle them, walking around the property with them. When they are calm I let them go again. I keep repeating this and they soon leave me alone coz they do not want to be picked up and cuddled. This has always worked for me.
I'm in no way opposed to raising animals for food; however, I do believe it should be done humanely and with respect--exactly as you're doing. Thank you for sharing your adventures and lessons, showing both the good and the unfortunate. So sorry for the loss of your chicken.
I’ve had chickens almost 8 years now, and still have some of my original girls ..they’ve moved states with us and everything.. it’s definitely sad when you lose one. We’ve lost a few over the years from predators to just random death with no sign of any illness or injury. Sorry for your loss of your chicken
The best lessons, unfortunately, are usually the most difficult.
You're great parents for both humans and animals alike! Very good role models 😉❤
Thank you🙏🏻
Based on your experiences I'm building my run tall enough that I can stand up and walk up-and-down the length and I'm putting netting over the top. We have hawks and owls and I live in urban environment.
Sorry for your loss. I know it's never easy. Keep your head up, it's all apart of homesteading. You do a great job.
I’m sorry for your loss. Thank you for not being mad at Luna. Cesar probably is stressed because of the loss.
I just had a rooster die a month ago. He wasn't attacked by another animal, he just died which sometimes happens. The hens were all standing around him like they were mourning or trying to figure out what was wrong with him. It made me cry and cry. I love that you talk about raising your chickens for food and treating them good, taking the best care for them that you can, having a good warm coop for them, feeding them good food, etc. I feel exactly the same way. We raise chickens, cows and every few years and couple pigs. I don't raise my chicken for food, other than the eggs but the cows and pigs are. However, I take the best care of my animals that I possibly can. I spray down the pig pen everyday to keep it clean and as you probably know pigs love baths so after I spray down the pen I spray them too. They love it! Plus, I live in Tennessee and it gets so hot here in the summer that I'm sure it feels great to have some cool water sprayed on them. My cows, when I shut the house door in the morning, start balling and start running to me. I will admit that I get very attached and it's really hard for me when the time comes to say goodbye. But I know that they had happy well taken care of life.
Man, that sucks! It happened to us too on Jan 5th. A dog (or 2?) came from someone's house a few blocks away and killed 5 of our chickens. We didn't fence in our chickens because our yard is very uneven and we couldn't figure out how to put up the fence without gaps where the chickens could pass through. After that attack we had no choice and couldn't delay anymore. But 2 of our hens (they youngest in the flock) kept escaping. So even though I hated it because their feathers were beautiful, for their own safety, I clipped their wings. I learned from another youtuber/chicken keeper that if chickens see the top of the fence where they can safely land/jump up to, they will jump over it but if you put a string of bunting above the top of the fence, they will not attempt to fly toward/through it.
We had the same thing happen not long after we got our Pyrenees. He was younger than we expected so we are taking precautions and slowly training till he's fully mature. Currently the hens literally walk over him inside his doghouse to get his food if we forget to take it. 😂 I think the exposure is working because he just lays there and closes his eyes. The one he killed last spring, he was chasing/playing and it was hurt but he didn't even want to eat it. Just an immature/untrained dog so we're trying to train him before he's alone with them during the day. I'm sorry for your loss!!
I love that you reacted by looking at what you could be doing to help prevent this in future rather than just blaming/punishing Luna for this incident. You can try your best, but you won't always be successful. Hard lesson for us all.
Sorry for your loss 😢 I lost my favorite one last year... It felt like losing a family member.
Sorry to hear that Vickie, I would be so sad to lose my favorite (sunny)
We have Light Brahmas. We had a mean rooster that attacked our 5 year old. Until we sold him, only my daughter could go into the pen.
After hatching our own chicks, we got 3 roosters. We kept the two nicest ones and sold the other. Now we have a nice collection of happy hens and the 2 Roos.
Oh man! Sorry this happened. I just bought 6 chicks from tractor supply yesterday. Thanks for your tips and videos I learned a lot from it.
That's exactly why I clipped my chickens wings because I'm terrified the same thing would happen here if one got out into the space where my dog roams. Purely to protect the chickens. I don't understand why others don't get that. Loving your videos. Thanks from New Zealand 😊
Mine still get out even with their wings clipped
Sorry this happened. Note that You can put netting across the top so they can’t fly out, then you can let them
Keep their wings in case they need to try to get away from a predator. (I’m not against clipping though). Also most roosters are mean for a reason. They are there to protect the flock. Never met a nice one. That would be nice but rare. Just keep the bad guy and have caution especially around kids. My suggestions only. Best wishes.
I have a rooster that I hand raised and is so sweet my grandkids can pick him up and carry around. 💞
It is possible.
@@jencon1646 agree with you 🥰🥰
Nothing worse than finding out the dog you trusted to guard your stock is the guilty one ( I would suggest a training collar for dog or rehome it)
Your young you will be dealing with all kinds of weird things related to keeping pets I mean livestock 😅 You have some nice big pens I would try to have a top for them recycling old chain link fence works great for pen tops.
And remember “a happy pig is a tender pig” goes for anything you raise to eat.
Roosters I find if you handle them daily they tend to be very friendly and the ones who are not are sold or chicken and dumplings. I expect all my birds hen or Roo to eat outa my hand . Keep up the good work young man ,one day you’ll be old with lots of grandchildren .
Sorry about your loss. great outlook though about it being a learning experience.
Thank you, we always have to be learning to become better
Him jinxing it in the previous videos proves we live in a simulation, it's like the simulation was preparing us for this lol. Sorry for the loss
I am so sorry for your loss. Chickens are a lot of fun and they're very sweet most of them anyway. I have two roosters. One started out to be pretty ornery but eventually became sweeter than the sweet one! I can pet the first one I was talking about I can pick him up check him out and he does not mind. However, my other rooster will tolerate my presence at best. And he attacks my son sometimes when he goes in to change out the water.
When people ask me if I name my animals, I say of course I want to know who I'm having for dinner.
🙈 that is true
I'm gonna kind of think a hawk came down try to get the bird and Luna jumped in.
That could be, I didn’t think about that!
Cochin roosters are very gentle. It is uncommon for them to show agression. They are usually very mellow and sweet.
Sorry for your loss 😢
Thank you Jamie🙏🏻
One thing I see that you DO NOT have is CONVENIENT SHELTERS FOR THE CHICKENS TO RUN UNDER. That is a MUST! Put several close enough for the chickens to get to. It's what chickens do instinctively for protection. Even inside their fencing, you need that. A hawk can come down out of nowhere. My chickens would huddle under a small trailer to hide, and later under some farm equipment under an overhang.
They can go under the hoop coop or there coop if needed
we have a covered run,problem solved, keeps hawks out plus more
That is a great idea but we would need to big of a netting and haven’t had a problem with hawks because we have a lot of crows so we want them to free range a big area
My "run" is a third of an acre....
Sorry about your loss 😢
How do you keep hawks and other predators from swooping down into your run and grabbing a chicken?
The hawks don't go after full grown chickens. Chicks are a different story.
He has a Pyrenees around, right? Our Pyr is in our acre chicken yard and we have eagles and hawks but they stay away.
Hawks will definitely kill full grown chickens.
@@phyllislucia hawks will definitely kill an adult chicken. I’ve lost 3 big laying hens to hawks in the last 8 years, and 1 to a young fox who dug under our fence. I had to kill that one myself. 😢
Roosters, Geese, and Guineas are great at alerting the flock of aerial predators
We have all kinds of hungry predators here.
We have our chickens completely enclosed. Top too.
We live in hawk country. We don't clip wings but we have wire fencing and netting over our girls.
Awww, I'm sorry for your loss. It sucks losing an animal, no matter how many you have. As far as roosters go, from my own experience, I've found the Barred Rocks to be the best natured... and... to be the best protector of the flock. I have 3 roosters at the moment (only one Barred Rock), & the other two pay absolutely no attention to what's going on around them, unless it involves another rooster going after one of the hens. My Barred Rock will herd them to shelter if there's a potential threat to the flock. None of my roosters are aggressive to me though.Again, this has just been my experience. Good luck to you!!
How frequently do you feed your chickens? I noticed you use a trough, rather than just keep keep containers out all the time.
I have two barred rock roosters, both are friendly, but from the time that they were chicks I took the time to get them used to being picked up. I will still occasionally pick them up and carry them like footballs while inspecting the coop.
I heard they have great temperaments! That might be what we have to try
We did the same with our Rhode Island Red rooster, all our kids would hold the chicks daily (after the chicks were several weeks old) and our rooster is huge but tame with us. He stays with the ladies following them and is shy of us but easy to handle and never tries to peck us. Waiting to see his spurs grow in and wondering if he'll change as we get back to spring and have a rush of hormones, for lack of a better word. 😂
I lost one of my first chicks to a dog. And I lost all my chickens to a mink. The first 5 in November, then the rest of them a couple weeks ago. It does suck. We had a beautiful, tame, sweet rooster, too.
hi! you a suggestion...
When mentioning wing clipping please put a disclaimer or mention that it is ONLY ACCEPTIBLE to clip chickens wings and that it is cruel to clip other birds wings such as parrots, canaries, or finches.
I just had a hen with the top of her cone ripped off. It was probably from the Rooster. I had to separate her for her own good. It's hard, especially when you know they are sad. You have to do what's best!
I have a rouge coyote, I will clip Aunt Bee and Andy’s wings. We love you guys. Best animal husbandry on TH-cam!
sorry for you loss.
White Leghorn Rooster are not aggressive. Had one named Mr. Roo over 5 years ago. I could pet him and even carry him around.
I have to have a strong wood coop do to Coyotes.
He want to fight you
He thinks your after his hens lol
lmao epic foreshadowing towards the end of the video great stuff man
Darn it happens. I would get those dogs trained because they are THE PERRRRRFECT breed for protection for ALL animals. In fact they are the ones I've been looking into for a hobby farm, outside dog with a warm heated kennel. You guys are so HUMAN like all of us and it happens as it does for ALL so don't feel the worst but like you said you will do better and just keep on clipping the wings. I GET IT man those guys and gals can FLY big time. I have BIG 10 pound boys and 8 pound girls(all Lavender Orpingtons) they can FLY 6 to 8 feet in the AIR when running happy and air lift. It's out of the world funny to see cuz they are so big but man can they fly high. I wouldn't have guessed it either. Thank you for sharing and I BEST to your family. A Michigan Mom :)
We have a Bielefelder Rooster. He is the sweetest and haven't had any issues with aggression so far.
My hens and my dogs are family. I get crushed when I lose one. I have a border collie who looks at our chickens but she doesn’t try to grab them
In this case, since it appears to be cold where you are do you process that chicken for a meal?
I am so sorry...I lost mine a month ago..
Hope u know to only clip 1 wing. I've seen ppl who clip both...
I've had a roo who would sit on my shoulder the entire time I would work outside (tiny bantam), but the other roos I had were so nice & both loved to b petted
We have clipped one wing and still had the problem, our one chicken requires both wings clipped and then seems to stop🤷🏼♂️
What do you do for hawks? I think I’ve solved my hawk priblem
Ah, darn, wish we were closer.... I have 5 roos that are all great dudes. They all live together and they ignore humans. Haha!
You only need to clip the flight feathers, the longest ones near the end of the wing.
I also have a rooster named Cesar.
My dog is an English cocker. I had to work with her to keep her from chasing the chickens. She rarely chases them just for fun, but will chase them down if I tell her to.
I let mine free range during the day, and pen them up at night. Sometimes I'll have one that can't figure out where the gate into the pen is.
What breed are your pigs? I'm not overly familiar with the different breeds, but I have seen pictures of ones that have a coat like a sheep. Yours remind me of them.
They are Mangalista Pigs!
Couldn't remember the name of the breed. I've only seen pictures of them.
Sometimes chickens just die. I raise chicken for years, I won't blame the dog without first doing some investigation. I has 6 baby chicks I raised until they were big enough to move into the big hen house. One day I walked out and one of my new baby chicks was laying on the ground dead. No reason just dead.
I would suggest getting surveillance camera to keep an eye on you animals after dark, or at least a trail camera.
Chickens can just die from stress, or when they get scared. You just never know why they die sometimes.
The pigs are small for six months , are you feeding enough
Try live racoon trap if not a dog... had trap one ourselves , dug a hole while letting the other chickens watch. Played a little CCR Bad Moon Rising, filled hole with water, not more problems. The other raccoons got the hint.
A raccoon trap for what?
So sorry for you 😢
I'm so sorry..
Thank you!
Is Luna an adoptable dog in the Clinton Township area???
I'm so sorry.
The chicken showdown was cool
I respect that, that’s the way it should be. Just because they are raised for meat that up until you harvest them you give them a good life 👍😎👍
I have 3 dogs. There's only one that I have a problem with. She's killed 4 of my chicken's
Bielefelder Roosters are pretty good, had 5 so far with much success 😊
My girls are in totally enclosed coop/run partly because it's a rule to have them partly for their protection. Sorry that happened to you.
What breed of pigs are they? Looks like it’s crossed with a sheep. Lol
They do 😂 mangalista Pigs!
It might be a possum they will kill just for the blood. I've had it happen a couple times.
How unfortunate.
She probably just wanted to play with it. That is what my dogs do but I have to keep an eye on them.
Yeah can’t blame the dog, we should have done better
That’s what happens with a city dog. A Pyrenees raised in a city or even suburban environment is like an indoor cat. It’s unnatural and messes with them. Our Pyrenees has never once stepped foot in the house or any vehicle. He’s 100% outdoor and loves and protects the animals. He even carried a live chicken in his mouth for hours until we got home because a predator was around. I would recommend having your Pyrenees live outside only and not allowing any city dogs anywhere near your livestock. This will almost eliminate predators entirely. As for death from above (hawks/owls), create an environment that lures ravens/crows to your property. The more ravens/crows you have around the better. Sorry you lost a chicken. We don’t name our prey animals for that very reason. All our chickens/roosters/cats are simply called chickens or cats.
If you you can put up with him trying to jump you
Keep him he will protect your hens inside the pen
You need to get ahold of Caesar and teach him YOU are at the top of the pecking order. You can find videos on youtube how to do this but basically, you subdue him on the ground and grab his neck and hold his head face to the ground. I will go try to find the channel where I saw it done.
“How to tame an aggressive rooster” by Harpster Farms.
Yeah, I’ve tried all the “tricks” to taming an aggressive rooster. We had two, raised from 2 days old. George was attacking everything and everyone. He was soup. Patrick has gotten so aggressive with me regardless of what I do. We can’t have people over because of him. Yup…this weekend we will have smoked chicken!
@@lisawostalsmith3310 Sorry it didn’t work for you. I had not seen the videos back when we had our rooster. He was like a pet dog to my husband and he “tolerated” me, but one day he chased me and i went straight for the broom and smacked his a$$ a few times. He didn’t bother me after that but he spurred my adult daughter and my friend’s adult daughter. No wounds but scared them. Eventually re-homed him.
@@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens I don’t want rehome because I don’t want to give such an aggressive roo to someone else. Oh I’ve tried everything and he just looks at me with his beady red eyes and crows at me. 🐓 then tries to fly at me again. I hand raised them all and was very hands on. The hens love me, but not Patrick. 😒
Im taking your keeping dogs for Chinese stir fry eventually 🤪🤪🤪
She just played with it until it died. My dogs do that to the baby's
Can’t be mad at her, she’s such a good dog I know it wouldn’t be on purpose
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That sucks, all the way around, I am sorry.
Don't eat your pet pigs. Pigs are highly intelligent and loving.
Same here. Almost every chicken I've lost was due to my dog or a neighbor dog. Eat Caesar.
I REALLY DON'T THINK THE DOG KILLED THE CHICKEN, MY GUESS IS IT WAS A RACCOON OR A POSSUM. CHICKENS WILL JUMP A 5 FT FENCE. SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. YOUR DOG IS NOT A "BIRD DOG", i COULD BE WRONG BUT I USED TO BREED BIRD DOGS, THEY DON;T THINK LIKE HERD PROTECTORS.
We were given ten chickens in Seotember. Lost one last week They are houssed in a closed garage so it was illness or such. One day here one day gone-within a couple of days our pet pig took sick, she has been laying almost i coma, been trying to get fluids into her but no way can I do this manually, some AmoxicillN AS WELL AS PEDIALYTE. i FIGURED SHE WOULD BE GONE BY TODAY BUT SHE SEEMS TO SHOW SOME OMPROVEMENT-NOT SURE YET THO. Sorry bout the caps=legally blind so my typing can be a pain.
Joel Salatin gives his pigs charcoal when they are sick.
We have to guardian dogs and two small dogs someone apparently just didn't want them and they came to our property so we've kept them no one in the area whats small dogs due to the predators that we have which are bobcats mountain lions coyotes javelinas and hocks bald eagles The small dogs are in training one of them just wants to play with the chickens but she's to rough.our guardian dogs are great they've been trained. It is always sad to lose one for an unjust reason I know there is those who say it's just a chicken are chickens and most people's chickens have a purpose and it's not to be killed buy another animal Pat or otherwise but as they say things happen
Jeez it would b different if the thing killed it for food but just to kill it and leave it sucks
It most likely did, but either couldn’t get it off the ground or got chased off. Most predatory birds(and animals in general) don’t tend to kill for any reason other than protection and predation as it’s a huge waste of energy
I hope you at least ate that thing. Don’t let the meat go to waste.
I’m sorry man, I can sit here and say how you should cover them and this and that but who does that help? I hope that’s the only casualty y’all have… it’s sad man. Every time.
Appreciate that brother. Getting a big netting is something we will think about if this becomes a major problem. Thanks though, love the support.
Dogs are no1 predator of chickens. Put a top on their run.
Our dogs do good, just unfortunate that this dog hadn’t been trained
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They live in a bubble wrap tent... poor chickens doesn't even have a proper home. Please dont get chickens
That’s there run😂 they have a big wooden coop with windows and everything