My experience too. I had a three dogs that all seemed to be fine with my few hens for almost 2 yrs until, one day,our spinone wasn't. Didn't eat them, just killed them and retrieved them to us as a bird dog would. I guess they were close enough to game birds for that day.
I am not sure that you can trust finding a dog, especially a young one, to watch your chickens unless you have one that has established having no prey drive and has already been exposed to them. It's risky. I free range y chickens and I have actually had to chase foxes watching and even saved...
Ewes don't produce water for their lambs to suckle. Water should always be available and they should still be bottle-feeding on lamb replacement formula. I have never given water from a bottle. The formula will give them the fluid they need until they take to the bucket of water-though I use a...