4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[jlo]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/specials/perfect_pets/article6113620.ece Here.

 

I would try and make a posh link but I keep having to go back to the link in the how to use the forum bit and it takes me ages!

[Egluntyne]

Silly woman. Why doesn't she control or re-educate her dog?

 

Apart from that, an interesting article.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Hmm, I agree. It didn't occur to her that unsecured "freeranging" and "dogs" weren't a good combination, every time they "got back in their Land Rover" ?

[Blackrocksrock]

Ridiculous dogs need to be trained properly not to touch the chickens or not be left near them when free ranging. My chooks made me laugh at lunch time as frodo the bengal went out the back door and was chased by my big henrietta all the way down the garden - retaliation for him doing similar to her I wish I had it on video and she looked fierce too!

[Fizzle Knit]

I found the bit abour replacing the dead chicken with identical ones so the children wouldn't be upset a bit odd. One of the reasons we got pets (which for a number of reasons happened to be our hens) was to teach our children about the life cycle and loss. When our first chicken Lucky died it was very sad, but we held a funeral for her - and I wouldn't have dreamt about pretending otherwise to the boys (though perhaps mine are older than that columnists.)

Disclaimer - we are not deliberately killing off our chickens as a teaching tool for our children!

[Redwing]

That was interesting but all that chopping and changing and lobbing in new chickens overnight must be creating havoc with the pecking order

[jlo]

I found the bit abour replacing the dead chicken with identical ones so the children wouldn't be upset a bit odd. One of the reasons we got pets (which for a number of reasons happened to be our hens) was to teach our children about the life cycle and loss. When our first chicken Lucky died it was very sad, but we held a funeral for her - and I wouldn't have dreamt about pretending otherwise to the boys (though perhaps mine are older than that columnists.)

Disclaimer - we are not deliberately killing off our chickens as a teaching tool for our children!

 

I wholeheartedly agree with you Fizzle Knit

[Ain't Nobody Here]

My dog nipped into the WIR today for a nosey about while the girls were freeranging. They spotted him and charged right in to have a word. It was hilarious - they were following him in a line, pecking gently at his tail . He seemed oblivious but did eventually make his escape through the freerange door .

[mostin]

Did it not occur to them to up the security after the dog got the first chicken . I can't believe they swapped the chickens in the night, it's not like they are goldfish for godsakes! And by the way, I would never swap a goldfish either.

[Plum]

Doesn't sound like she cares about them they are just ornaments. Sad they need care and protection.

[BeckyBoo]

What a total disregard for life! "Oh look, the dogs killed another bloomin' chicken, oh well, never mind we can always get another one" - I'm sure her children will love her for it when they find out which they will one day. When they try to tell their teachers about their perpetual and immortal pet hamster that they've had for 10 years or something never realising she's been replacing it every three years just so they don't realise it's died.

Presumably then she's only got chickens for the image factor? Certainly not for the free range eggs as if she was that interested in animal welfare she'd keep her flippin' dog under control. My dog bought a hen into the house once but she has a very soft mouth and didn't harm her, she only did it the once though, she knew she'd been bad and slunk off to her bed suitably chastised. If she'd have tried it again she wouldn't have been allowed out with the hens unsupervised.

 

What an awful woman.

 

BeckyBoo

[mags]

totally mad

 

I have very lovely terrier ( odddly she loves cats ) but in no way would I trust her with my girls

 

At present I am taking her into the freerange area with her lead on and correcting her when she gets a bit too over excited

 

praising her when she ignores the girls which she has started to do

 

I kind of hope the girls with get used to her asn show her who's boss !

 

mags