Dinosaurs Do Exist! In Our Backyards!

[Kirislin]

Innocent little Zoey, minding her own business eating her lamb rib. Blackie the chicken stands back and watches....for a little while

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Hmmmmm thinks Blackie, whatcha got there little doggie?

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mmmmmmmmmm nom nom nom says Zoey

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Blackie: Looks good, can I have some?

Zoey: No! It's mine!

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You gotta do better than that kid.

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I'm Blackie the Bold, and I take what I want.

OK, if you say so. squeaks Zoey

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Then she gives Tag the stare down treatment

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[persephone]

Lovely to see Blackie doing this :)

[Frodo's mum]

funny how game chooks get

your dogs are amazing mine would think stuff the bone lets play chasie's

great photo's

[Kirislin]

Zoey isn't even mine, she belongs to Iggy Mum, but I've now trained her 3 to leave the chooks alone too. It's harder to train the chooks to leave the dogs alone. :laugh:

Yes Pers, Blackie was one of the rescue chooks, she doesn't even lay me eggs, she just struts about the place and terrorises the dogs. :laugh:

[Mudlark]

LOL, chickens are shameless. We have to protect our dog from chicken raids too.

[HazyWal]

Fantastic photos, I love chooks :) I was a friends place for a bbq recently and the girls(chooks) were happily wandering around us pecking at anyones toes that had painted nails. I went to pick up my handbag that was next to my chair and there was a chook sitting in it nodding off :laugh:

Edited April 13, 2013 by stans mum

[Dxenion]

I had our five inside drying off on the shelf under the tv, not at all concerned by the dogs snoozing close by. I admire how bold these girls are. A couple are just like Blackie.

[tlc]

Ha ha love it, no way mine would tolerate a chicken trying to take their food! Good job on training the dogs not to have a go at the chookies!

[Kirislin]

Ha ha love it, no way mine would tolerate a chicken trying to take their food! Good job on training the dogs not to have a go at the chookies!

Puck will have a go at them if they try to steal his food, but so far he's got amazing bite inhibition, I was shocked at how much restraint he used. The chooks know to keep clear of him, although they still hover by and if he misses anything they'll grab it.

[PossumCorner]

There is something sad about seeing a Rottweiler have to give up it's marrow bone to a bantam White Leghorn, and sort of walk off looking depressed. Same when said Rottweiler is bravely hunting rabbits across a paddock, comes across a few Guinea Fowl, and they herd it back to the house. It's good though, I wouldn't like having to manage chicken-killing dogs.