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[Brandi Leigh]

I just love all these photos!

 

[showbarnmom]

 

[drumstick diva]

showbarnmom looks like a two headed chicken

 

[chickenneighbor]

How 'bout a two-butted guinae?

 

[drumstick diva]

that is SOME butt!!

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Sunrise at my house the other day. (unretouched)

 

[what's kickin' chicken]

Sunrise at my house the other day. (unretouched)

Great pics...... love

 

[smccuen]

 

[smccuen]

Five or six times now I've kept my ex-husband's Sheltie while he was away, twice deployed to Afghanistan. She grew up on his farm and never chased the chickens that free-ranged across the road. She'd seen my chickens before. I'd always been able to redirect her when she wanted to get them riled. While I was cooking Thanksgiving dinner and could see them in their grazing pen in the yard she stayed away from them. I stepped away from the kitchen for a few minutes and she apparently used a chair I'd left too close to the four foot fence last time I mowed - to leap over the fence and kill this hen. The other hens fled. We found one in the garage, hiding. The others came home a couple of hours later. I wanted to kill the dog during those first few hours.........but it's as much my fault as it is hers.

 

[drumstick diva]

I had a friend that used to raise and show them. They were beautiful but, totally hyper-active. I think they even barked in their sleep. If you watch agility trials on TV, you can hear them long before you see them. They just don't shut up. They would drive me insane. I can't see how you can teach them anything, they don't have the patience - if that's what you call it in dogs.

I'm so sorry you lost your hen. It's not your fault, who would expect the dog to jump on the chair so she could get to chickens? Just shows how strong her prey drive is. When her daddy isn't around, she does what she pleases - like a spoiled child. Next time, I would tell him you have no vacancies.