[ian88]

Got two terriers ,daughter and wife want some chickens ,will they put the chickens off laying and upset them.Will they get use to each other (they will be penned /run.cheers

[Simoman]

Aslong as your terriers are stockbroken the chickens wil soon get used to them, although its better so choose a more steady breed rather than some of the flighty ones.......................

[ian88]

Simoman, on Jun 3 2009, 07:48 PM, said:

Aslong as your terriers are stockbroken the chickens wil soon get used to them, although its better so choose a more steady breed rather than some of the flighty ones.......................

What would a steady breed be mate ,thanks for help. :clapper:

[Simoman]

Peronally I like Australorps/Welsummers and Warrens...................

[wink hound]

just sort the terriers. all of mine will let the chickens share their food and water, wouldnt have it any other way.

[scottishlass]

Before i moved house the hens were a good bit away so my terriers could not mix with them, but now i moved house the terriers and hens mix mostly without any problems but i am in the middle of building a fence so the terriers can have the front half of the garden and the hens can have the back.I can never trust my dogs 100% they have snacked on the odd one, i got 2 new hens a few months back and one will attack the terriers but i am wary that the terriers will get pissed off and rip its head off :laugh:

[Neal]

My kelpies are fine with my bantams but a lakeland a few doors down went through a spate of escaping from his garden and mullering them. The only one which consistantly survived was the welsummer. Incidentally, all the holes in his and my garden are now firmly blocked so I've been terrier free for over a year...but my kelpies hate him and want to kill him every time they meet the scruffy little tyke!

[Simoman]

Neal, on Jun 4 2009, 12:18 PM, said:

but my kelpies hate him and want to kill him every time they meet the scruffy little tyke!

The lakeland or the neighbour? :D

[Neal]

Just the dog; the neighbours offered to pay for the replacements. :D

This post has been edited by Neal: 04 June 2009 - 12:33 PM

[Bootsha]

Warrens - they are bombproof, got twenty or so myself. And they lay lots of nice sized eggs, mostly one a day each, but less when moulting etc.

They wont take any notice of your dogs once they get used to them, and if they're in a pen as well, Bobs your uncle and Fanny's your Aunt. Good luck and enjoy.

WAB

[lost scouse]

ive a lurcher and a terrier and 5 hens as has been said if the dogs are stock broken you wont have a problem i have 1 hen who likes to get a little bossy with the dogs but they just ignore it

[gerjan]

My terrier (not for hunting, just for pet) always runs around the coops, my chickens only look at him and sometimes they even walk towards him.
I would say that its no problem for an chicken to live with terriers around.

Gerjan