Jul 07 2008
Bad Dog
Yesterday my wife turned her back for a few seconds to fill up the water dishes for the chickens and one of our hens flew over the fence. My chow chow (the one on the header) attacked the poor chicken. By time I got out of the barn my wife was screaming and the dog had a mouth full of feathers.
The chicken disappeared and I was not sure if it was seriously hurt or not. There were feathers everywhere but no sign of any blood. I waited and later in the afternoon when I checked on the eggs, there was the hen back in the chicken barn. She seemed to be ok except she is missing all her tail feathers and her back feathers.
She is the only one that flies out of the pen and I am not sure why because the pen is quite large with plenty of weeds and grass to eat. I guess maybe she will learn her lesson and stay where she belongs. As for the dog, he is spending a whole lot more time in jail (his chain link dog pen).
