Oh no.. That would upset me so bad. Thank god my dog (and my other two dogs as well) would never harm a chicken in a million years although my yorkie annoys them a bit because she thinks she is a chicken and wants to hang out with them and sniff their butts. Alli (heeler) has such strong...
She can't get out, it's a 6 foot fence but she makes good and sure that whatever she is after is long gone. Stands at the fence and waits for it to come back and looks through the cracks or gets up onto the lowest part of our huge maple and searches the nearby area for further unwanted guests to...
I was curious how many others use dogs in the protection of their flocks. I have a cattle dog mix who's a huge part of keeping my ranging birds safe. She also helps herd them if I have a reason to collect them up into the pens during the day. At night if the birds call in concern I turn her out...