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Post by dominique on May 25, 2008 15:38:25 GMT -5
Well we've finally got our chickens  and to say that the dogs are keen is probably an understatement (although the Zakka man has definately become less keen over the course of the day) Does anyone have any advice to offer me about whether I stand any chance of the dogs just getting use to them (eventually) or is a six foot millitary stylie fence around their living / exercise area the only answer?  |
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Post by julie on May 25, 2008 16:14:01 GMT -5
How exciting. My bridge lurcher used to live with ducks and geese and was very keen for a few days and then simply got bored (and the goose bit her . Wouldn't trust any of my current lot, so thankfully I don't have any where I live now. I do know of lots of people who have lurchers and free range chickens and they are fine. There is one lady especially who has quite smallish garden with 6 jack russells, a furry strange thing, cats, and a lurcher and 6 very free range hens. They all live happily together. Have you got any pics yet. |
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Post by dominique on May 25, 2008 16:40:30 GMT -5
I'll post some tomorrow, at the moment they are, shall we say, a little freaked out. Still it's good to hear that I may stand a cat in hells chance. Keep your fingers crossed for me |
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Post by abbiekid on May 25, 2008 17:07:44 GMT -5
Hi, We have 10 chickens, 2 battery rescues, but I could never really trust the whippets with them, so they are enclosed in a 6 foot high run. Although Pep and Timmy definately prefer chasing our poor cat  Our daughters spend hours with the chickens and we get about 5 eggs a day.  Good luck with yours Shell x |
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Post by Aoj on May 26, 2008 6:46:10 GMT -5
We have dogs and chickens together, although I wouldn't trust the hounds within a foot of them for a second! The chickens have to stay enclosed in a big run, although opening the gate is a nightmare because Georgie, our lurcher, and Brodie, our Gap foster, are trying to push their way in whilst the chickens are trying to push their way out in a bid for freedom and the green grass on the other side of the fence! |
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Post by dominique on May 26, 2008 9:54:39 GMT -5
I couldn't stand the strain any more and we've now enclosed their area. Poor chicks wouldn't even poke their heads out the door as it's so damned miserable down here and, given the oppertunity, Ruby would continually circle their house. Hopefully once they do come out they will feel more secure now ;D |
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Post by samsmum on May 26, 2008 11:24:04 GMT -5
We never had any trouble with our lurchers and our chickens, now the terrier...... well thats another story, but the lurchers were never interested. |
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Post by happydog on May 26, 2008 13:20:43 GMT -5
We have chooks - one of my lurchers, Toby has a good leave and will leave them alone but the other one will not so the chooks have their own fenced run, and go are free range when the dogs are shut indoors or if Toby is being supervised (he has a tendency to stalk them so I would not trust him 100%).
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Post by shellie3 on May 26, 2008 14:46:21 GMT -5
We have chooks - one of my lurchers, Toby has a good leave and will leave them alone but the other one will not so the chooks have their own fenced run, and go are free range when the dogs are shut indoors or if Toby is being supervised (he has a tendency to stalk them so I would not trust him 100%). You don't mean the lovely Honey, surely? She only goes for helephants, doesn't she?  ;D  |
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Post by dominique on May 26, 2008 15:06:35 GMT -5
We have chooks - one of my lurchers, Toby has a good leave and will leave them alone but the other one will not so the chooks have their own fenced run, and go are free range when the dogs are shut indoors or if Toby is being supervised (he has a tendency to stalk them so I would not trust him 100%). I think that that's what we are going to do. They can have the run of the place during the week, but the weekends are going to be a little different! Do you have any problems with cats attacking them? |
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Post by happydog on May 27, 2008 5:36:35 GMT -5
We have chooks - one of my lurchers, Toby has a good leave and will leave them alone but the other one will not so the chooks have their own fenced run, and go are free range when the dogs are shut indoors or if Toby is being supervised (he has a tendency to stalk them so I would not trust him 100%). You don't mean the lovely Honey, surely? She only goes for helephants, doesn't she? ;D A ww she looks so babyish in that pic ;D |
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Post by happydog on May 27, 2008 5:37:45 GMT -5
We have chooks - one of my lurchers, Toby has a good leave and will leave them alone but the other one will not so the chooks have their own fenced run, and go are free range when the dogs are shut indoors or if Toby is being supervised (he has a tendency to stalk them so I would not trust him 100%). I think that that's what we are going to do. They can have the run of the place during the week, but the weekends are going to be a little different! Do you have any problems with cats attacking them? There aren't many around here thanks goodness - but if you think predators are a problem, then maybe free range only when you're at home? |
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Post by dominique on May 27, 2008 13:58:48 GMT -5
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Post by aniemira on May 30, 2008 10:07:07 GMT -5
Hi,
We have a large fenced roofed enclosure for our chickens. Unfortunately our greyhound Ollie got through an open gate (now padlocked so visitors can't use) and managed to break the nest box off the house and obviously the chickens came out because he got them all. If they had stayed in the run area they would have been alright but that is chickens for you. Not nice to come home to. But some consolation is that they were ex battery hens and at least got to scratch in the mud and feel the sun on their feathers for a few weeks. Our lurcher Muffy has killed a rabbit with a muzzle on, so no way are they allowed any where near. Our new chicken run is made from dog kennel panels!
Alison
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