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| magnoliakathy |
Posted - Nov 29 2009 : 7:35:48 PM
I went to the feed store Friday morning, came staight home, got DH out of the house and drove down to the animal barn, as I passed through the gate, I saw two small dogs (Jack Russell terriers??) trying to get in my henhouse. DH jumped off the tailgate and chased them, they ran through the stock panel which surrounds our property. We found on turkey dead (one of the hens). We locked all of the birds up, and closed the gates on their outside pens. As of today my birds are still not coming out of the henhouse, not even in their outside pens, and I have had no chicken eggs since Thursday. I am in the process of attaching 2 foot high chicken wire to the bottom of the stock panels. If I see these dogs again, I will shoot them. Don't get me wrong I love dogs, I have two of my own, but I raised my turkeys from 3-day old poults. As many of you know, turkeys are not easy to get started but if you get them past that 1 year mark, they have a long life span. Now my breeding flock is down to 2 hens and 1 tom. I just hate it when people move out of the city and let their dogs "enjoy country life". Now I am out the money for the fence and the increase in feed output, because my birds are not free-ranging and supplementing their diet. It really makes me sad to see Tommy and my two remaining girls walking the fence calling for the lost hen.
When you free your mind your heart can fly. Farmgirl # 714, |
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| magnoliakathy |
Posted - Dec 03 2009 : 3:29:16 PM
FebruaryViolet there is a county leash law, but I have to catch and restrain the dog(s), call the county dog catcher and hope they come for the dog. Last time was several years ago and just a poor stray that I could not keep. After keeping that poor dog tied to a tree for two days. I called around for half a day and found a rescue group within an hours drive, took him there, made a donation and left. I will call the justice of the peace tomorrow and find out what rights I have for future reference, thanks for the heads up.
When you free your mind your heart can fly. Farmgirl # 714, |
| Lessie Louise |
Posted - Dec 03 2009 : 3:00:10 PM
I am so sorry about your flock. I had some dogs kill all my rabbits and the lady just said thats what dogs do. So fustrating, cuz you know what it would be like if the tables were turned. You do not want to hurt anything, but you have to protect what is yours.
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Dec 03 2009 : 06:04:35 AM
Do you have any livestock loss laws in your county/state? You might try contacting your local police department and the Dept. of Agro. We have them in Kentucky--there was once a fund set aside by the state, but when counties took over it became a matter of local enforcement by county officials, and that meant punishing the errant owners whereas previously, you just showed proof of the amount of loss (much like an insurance claim) and were given payment. I worked at a rural shelter for several years and we typically had 2-3 "livestock killers" a week come in to the shelter. Owners paid the fine, and if they didn't, they were hauled into court. It's something to look into.
I'm not going to comment more than that because the rest of what I have to say isn't constructive in regard to shooting animals...
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| magnoliakathy |
Posted - Dec 02 2009 : 3:50:37 PM
Sarapauline, I will contact the dog's owners once, if I can get information from the collars both of the were wearing, but just once. Several years ago, I took an Irish setter to her front door, gave her to her owners, 3 times, 12 dead ducklings, and 6 laying hens later, my DH settled it for good. We were both sad that it had to come to the 3 S's, but that dog kept digging into the pen and killing my birds there, my poor birds were not safe in their own home. Right now all of my poultry is locked up in their pens that have net over the top to keep predator birds out, and all of the henhouse doors are closed and locked.
When you free your mind your heart can fly. Farmgirl # 714, |
| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Dec 01 2009 : 09:50:13 AM
Hosanna, you need to contact the headquarters for the humane society in Washington DC, and report this women who heads in your area. She would not only be fired, she would at the least be finned, and at the most, do some jail time. What she did, and didn't due is criminal, and she should pay!!!
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| Sarahpauline |
Posted - Dec 01 2009 : 08:50:33 AM
Argh...this happened to me but on the other side. Some people dropped off a lab who was running around the neighborhood causing trouble. He was starving bless him, so I started feeding him and looking for his owner. He started chasing my 6 MO andalusian filly and killed three of my neighbor's chickens. I bought a huge chain link kennel for him, he could jump straight up the 6 foot walls and get out!, then when I put a couple rolls of chain link over the top he started digging underneath. Then I put the kennel on the concrete patio and he was able the stretch the chain link and get out underneath it. All the while I was sure someone was going to shoot him or he was going to hurt my filly or get kicked in the head by one of the other horses.
We have since moved, and now he has a fenced in backyard with electric around the whole top and bottom and he has been okay since then. But I was just sick about the neighbors chickens, and very worried about my horses. I wish people would take responsibility for their dogs and train them when they are puppies. This dog that we had dumped on us has cost of over $3000 in one year not including vet and feeding. Dont get me wrong, apart from being an escape artist he is a great dog. Its a shame. But I would hope that you would at least let the owners know what their dogs are doing before you do something to hurt them. Dogs are dogs.
Not all those who wander are lost...
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| Hosanna |
Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 11:53:26 AM
I despise this. It makes me so mad! One time I had a job caring for a woman's flock of 25 or so goats on a farm waaaay off the road.
Well One day I get there and these dogs have just killed eight mother goats and some babies. They were in the process of killing a huge buck goat. I knew whose dogs they were and we called the owners and the animal control. Animal control was a JOKE. The dogs belonged to the PRESIDENT of the HUMANE SOCIETY in our county!!
I was there when she called the owner of the goats and yelled at HER!! You know what she was upset about?
"Why do you even have a bunch of goats out there in the middle of nowhere anyway? We like for our dogs to run free....." yadda yadda yadda. And they had like 13 dogs. Big ones.
It happened about four times. Once, the woman called the goat owner and said that goats had followed the dogs back to their house and they had gotten on her fancy car. Thing was, I had been at the farm at that time and the goats were all there. And why would goats who had been brutally attacked, mauled, etc. follow their attackers anywhere? AAARRRGGG!
My brothers shoot dogs for this; and for running deer, also. Dog owners need to be more responsible and know where their dogs are at all times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| goneriding |
Posted - Nov 30 2009 : 11:38:54 AM
I understand how you feel. I've lived where people would dump their dogs, thinking we would take them in. I'd call the dog pound to come get them (we lived just inside city limits and couldn't shoot anything). You have to tell the owners to keep their dogs in...then it's the 3 S's. Shoot, shovel and shut-up.
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| Karrieann |
Posted - Nov 29 2009 : 9:27:25 PM
awww for Tommy and the girls.
so sorry for you to be having to go through these nuisance.
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766
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