I wonder how you will so easily question the credibility of a fellow chicken breeder just because you obviously did not (yet) witness an incident like this yourself thus lacking the personal experience...
No, you got this mixed up.
I mentioned in another thread the vets findings on injured inner organs caused by violent and aggressive roosters and being heavy and aggressive the risk is higher.
And just because you did not (yet) yourself witnessed it happening it does not mean that it did not...
Could it be that the rooster was abusing Debbie trying to mate and the dog intervened to stop him?
I have seen my dogs getting agitated and trying to intervene when an unwilling hen screams bloody murder. And a rooster is able to break a hens neck while trying to force himself on her.
I am...
From my experience dogs love to wallow in rotten stuff, the stinkier the better. So I do not see the intended "educational benefit" in leaving the dead chicken tied to the collar until it rots.
Beating a dog senseless for killing a chicken only attests to the owners incapacity to recognize and...