I think most well behaved dogs can be trained not to chase chickens, my old Staffordshire bull terrier has never shown any interest in the hens, but she soon learnt where they lay their eggs!
We got a new dog a couple of years ago, so I chose a small jack russell terrier, when she came as a...
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no I meant I'd let the cockerel out with the other hens and put the cochin in the run on her own. I don't know whether she would get upset by herself as the hens tend to pass the time of day together, she might miss the gossip. Do hens generally accept younger friends, or am I just going to...
I too have a rooster who picks on one hen, he is a golden orpington and she is a black cochin. He is quite young but he is much more polite with the other ladies, this hen is the most docile though and just squats and takes his abuse. At the moment he is in a run on his own, the hens are free...