Neighbors Dog Massacred My flock

MandaRae said:

We think 2 of the 5 are Roosters. Which I'm happy because our Rooster HeiHei was a great rooster i hope it passes down to his babies.

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Hope so!

BesideStillWaters said:

This sounds like what my dad bought back in the day for our dogs. It killed a full grown rabbit once, and my dad somehow toned it down but I don't know how he did it. I wouldn't use it around cats...

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Thank you very much!It probably got trapped against the fence and died.

Alagirl said:

I think the purchase price of organic eggs from the store would suffice, around here it's over 4 bucks a dozen. At the cheap store.

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3 dozen most farms (bring your own carton)

MandaRae said:

So these fences are obviously higher voltage but he told us he had a electric fence for her and the other dog and it didn't stop them. They would sit just close enough to the fence line to wear out the battery enough for them to cross.
It just sounds like this guy hasn't properly trained his dog.

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Hunting dogs have a high prey drive and require physical barriers.That's why hunters have to use GPS devices to keep up with them.

MandaRae said:

I definitely need something I can turn off easily when we go outside. I have small children that I can't risk them touching it.
I'm still so distraught and upset over this.
It's frustrating because we are still cleaning up the aftermath and my kids keep saying they miss their chickens

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Install a cut out switch to turn the power off and on.(Walmart sells them)

MandaRae said:

It was daylight. Pretty bright out.

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Sorry, I was trying to emphasis the significance of the HOUR before & after DAYLIGHT (as well as the hour before & after dark) These windows of time are when the most chickens are killed ( because predators of the day & night are both hunting at the same time)

@MandaRae hope you're doing well. Have you decided on a cost yet? No rush, just wondering

Kiki said:

My own dogs ate my first flock of birds.
I built a dog proof coop.

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Kiki when did this happen? How sad! Do you still have chickens or do you just do quail now?

MandaRae said:

I definitely need something I can turn off easily when we go outside. I have small children that I can't risk them touching it.
I'm still so distraught and upset over this.
It's frustrating because we are still cleaning up the aftermath and my kids keep saying they miss their chickens

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Not sure if you bought a fencing system yet, but we use Premier Fencing (we've tried Kencove and a few others but Premier is the best). We do not use it to contain poultry because that's a losing battle, plus hawks.

I can assure you that receiving an electric shock from a low impedance style fence does not harm you at all. Yes it does give you a literal shock, but it doesn't harm you in the slightest (even for kids). We've had Premier netting (the tallest offered at 48 inches) with 10,000 volts and have a large part of our property fenced with this type of netting. Our coop and run are completely enclosed in the middle of the acreage with an apron of hardware cloth because our dogs will kill any small animals (one of a pitbull lab mix and the other is a plott hound mix - best dogs ever to people). Some dogs have an untrainable prey drive that you can't trust around small animals. That's these girls - even tried professional training and had to wave the white flag.

So sorry to know of your loss - I know it's not easy. Local wildlife took out 30+ chickens over the years and we tried everything possible to allow them to free range and also threw in the towel there. It's a sad sight to see your birds laying in carnage everywhere and not one that's easy to forget.

ChickensComeHome2Roost said:

Thank you very much!It probably got trapped against the fence and died.

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Low impedance fencing won't kill, even if the animal gets caught in it - they could die from shock perhaps in the sense of stress (a heart attack potentially I suppose). Over the past 8 years of using low impendence Premier fencing, I've had a number of critters get themselves in a bind (literally) in the fencing. Once a deer, a couple turtles, rabid racoon, etc. We've kept cats around the fencing without any issues. Our dogs learned quickly that if touched, it's not fun and they don't even try. We use it close to 2,000 feet of it on our property to contain our dogs with a wired fence charger.