Chicken Launcher
One of the tests any new animal on our farm must undergo is their compatibility with chickens. I love letting the hens free range, which means ensuring that visiting dogs and our own Wellspring canine division understand that these are not playthings. Peace reigned on the farm until we adopted Hudson, a lively Lab-Shepherd cross with a penchant for chasing down hens and liberating a few tail feathers. I finally succeeded in convincing him the consequences were not worth the sport and he backed it down to the odd feint when he thought I wasn’t looking. Or so I thought. The other day as I was approaching the barn to top up the hens’ water he raced ahead and systematically launched a row of indignant birds off of a low perch by putting his nose under their rumps and tossing them off with a flick of his head!
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Posted by paulaayn on February 21, 2013 at 4:07 pm
yes, but at least that’s all he does. We have pork customers in sometimes that think it’s funny to threaten to release their cat killing dogs!
Posted by Caroline on July 21, 2015 at 6:02 pm
One question I’ve always had: when you have roosters, you get fertilized eggs to eat…is it the same?
Posted by wellspring01 on July 21, 2015 at 6:05 pm
As far as I can tell 🙂