centrachid: I didn't wrongfully accuse my dog. She knows what she did and so do I. If you meant that it was my fault for letting her have the opportunity to chase my chickens, then yup, it's true.
I've just learned a lesson around this issue myself. My dog, whom I 'thought' was neutral to my 6 young birds decided that it would be fun one morning to chase them. She completely dispersed my little flock. I was able to find one bird down at one end of our property near the road fence-line...