My little dog Poppy used to chase my roosters any time she got a chance. Now that she is seven she has sort of figured out that it is OK to chase the roosters when I get my net out but not until then. So I can leave her out in the yard with the chickens and not worry. She actually does not have a very good chance of catching one, since most of them fly up on something to escape her. However I noticed that she goes into the small pens when they are open and looks around in them, I don't know what she is expecting to find but it doesn't hurt anything, so I don't worry about it.
I began to notice eggs laying around here and there in my yard. Whole eggs! I thought it was the pack rats moving them because I have a lot of trouble with pack rats trying to take the chicken feeders, but i couldn't figure out how they they do it. None of the eggs were broken, I figured they were rolling them but that seemed a little farfetched.
Then one day I saw Poppy pawing at something on the ground so I went over and saw that it was an egg, and it wasn't broken. So I broke it for her and the contents went on the ground and she ate the contents of the egg. Raw egg is good food for a dog!. Then I realized that it is she who is taking the eggs, carrying them in her mouth without breaking them. You can't really see her do it because she has a very hairy face.
So that ends the mystery of the eggs in the garden. I decided to feed my dogs a raw egg twice a week, I have plenty of eggs and that should help with the dog food budget!
