Dogs have been killing chickens since way before it was normal for dog food to be made from chicken. As a matter of fact, mine eat lamb and rice. Yet, I am certain that they would love to have some chicken on the side. Breeding you can mold but, you cannot change hundreds of years of inbred...
Just a word of caution with your lab and using it as a hunting dog...my daughter has never had any problems with her female lab. She and the chickens have been living in harmony for over 4 years. Two days ago, she caught and killed 4 chickens. There was no doubt it was her. She was chewing...
Sorry for your loss
I think that I would run an electric fence wire around the bottom of my coop and runs. Let him experience that and I think you will find that he won't be so excited to go near them again. I tried everything to keep my dogs from jumping up onto our fence. I didn't want...