Neighbors Dogs...sigh!

[Anonymous]

Surprised the foxes out here haven't gotten them yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not a dog fan in the least, but I was wondering the same thing.

Shouldn't your chickens be fenced in your yard?

The OP said that the dogs were in her back yard. Shouldn't the dog owner be the one asked about fencing in their dogs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shoot the dogs. In that situation it would be legal. Shotgun.

Yes it should be legal to shoot the dogs.

The chickens will provide eggs, which is protein that humans need. Also, the chickens will taste good fried or baked and also provide protein. The dogs on the other hand just provide poop and people are frowned upon if they eat them. Chickens before dogs is what I say!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a dog fan in the least, but I was wondering the same thing.

Shouldn't your chickens be fenced in your yard?

The OP said that the dogs were in her back yard. Shouldn't the dog owner be the one asked about fencing in their dogs?

If you have a chicken, you need to fence the yard or you risk all animals getting to it.

It is not a requirement to fence a yard for a pet. But, if you want to save your pet from a dog or fox, you should fence the yard.

We have a privacy fence to keep out animals from our backyard, except the squirrels. Nothing on this earth will keep those things out.

[Anonymous]

I grew up on a farm.

Neighbors (everyone had a lot more than OP’s 6 acres) let their dogs run loose and they bothered our livestock.

My dad told neighbors the next time he would shoot the dogs.

Dogs stayed on their property after that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on a farm.

Neighbors (everyone had a lot more than OP’s 6 acres) let their dogs run loose and they bothered our livestock.

My dad told neighbors the next time he would shoot the dogs.

Dogs stayed on their property after that.

Don't farms usually have their chickens fenced in, though, even the free range ones to some degree?

But I do agree that OP is well within his/her rights to off the dog that's on their property.

[Anonymous]

Normally I absolutely hate guns, and I'm vocal about it, but in this case I think you should own a rifle and I think you should shoot the dogs. Honestly.

Make sure you tell the owner that you've been advised to shoot and kill the dogs next time, and that's what you'll be doing so you'd really advise them to invest in proper fencing for their animals because you will no longer hesitate to protect your poultry.

The good thing is that you'd only have to kill one of them. The others will most likely run off after that, and after you kill one of them then the owner will magically figure out how to put in fencing.

[Anonymous]

If you’re on 6 acres, you certainly can shoot the dog!

[Anonymous]

Did you not read the part where the OP doesn't want to kill the dogs? Heck, she didn't even want to whack it with a stick. The non-dog injuring options are pretty much all fencing.

[Anonymous]

If it happens again, get a pellet gun, some flat pellets and shoot the dogs. Will not kill them, typically. Let the owners know animal control told you it was ok to shoot the dogs, if they complain. There is always pepper spray, and that would give the owners some work to do. Once it becomes more of a pain to let the dogs loose than to keep them in the yard, the owners might alter their behavior.

This was the only thing that deterred a large mean dog in our neighborhood, in a rural area, that the owners refused to keep fenced. The dog learned to stay on his side of the road, even though he continued to growl at us.

Owners who let their dogs run wild are clueless and don't really care as much about the animals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it happens again, get a pellet gun, some flat pellets and shoot the dogs. Will not kill them, typically. Let the owners know animal control told you it was ok to shoot the dogs, if they complain. There is always pepper spray, and that would give the owners some work to do. Once it becomes more of a pain to let the dogs loose than to keep them in the yard, the owners might alter their behavior.

This was the only thing that deterred a large mean dog in our neighborhood, in a rural area, that the owners refused to keep fenced. The dog learned to stay on his side of the road, even though he continued to growl at us.

[/b]Owners who let their dogs run wild are clueless and don't really care as much about the animals.[/b]

You could say the same about people who let their chickens run loose

[Anonymous]

I would def tell the owner that animal control told you that you could shoot the dogs. Even if you won't and, like you, I would not shoot them either. But, they don't have to know that.

A fence is the best option here. Though, depending on how big the dogs are, they could just jump the fence. But, I'd fence a big "free range" area for the chickens where they can do their chicken things the few times/week you let them out of the coop.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I can't imagine that a fence is going to completely protect chickens. Maybe it will deter the dogs, but it's not going to stop raccoons....and probably most foxes will find a way as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I can't imagine that a fence is going to completely protect chickens. Maybe it will deter the dogs, but it's not going to stop raccoons....and probably most foxes will find a way as well.

In the daylight the foxes and racoons will be a minimal threat, hawks will still come after them though. OP stated that the coop has electric netting which should be a pretty good deterrent at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it happens again, get a pellet gun, some flat pellets and shoot the dogs. Will not kill them, typically. Let the owners know animal control told you it was ok to shoot the dogs, if they complain. There is always pepper spray, and that would give the owners some work to do. Once it becomes more of a pain to let the dogs loose than to keep them in the yard, the owners might alter their behavior.

This was the only thing that deterred a large mean dog in our neighborhood, in a rural area, that the owners refused to keep fenced. The dog learned to stay on his side of the road, even though he continued to growl at us.

[/b]Owners who let their dogs run wild are clueless and don't really care as much about the animals.[/b]

You could say the same about people who let their chickens run loose

From reading the OP, it's the dogs that are running loose on other peoples property, not the chickens.