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Not if they are properly trained....

Why would you have sent the dog back?? It's not her fault that the chickens can get in with her, setting her up as has been previously stated, for failure. Put some hardware cloth around the bottom 2' of wire to keep the little ones in. Put a cover over your run to keep the big ones in. Fix the...

There have been some very good posts here on BYC on putting your pup on a leash, and walking her near the chickens. If she shows interest, give her a quick tug and reprimand her. Redirect her attention. Do this EVERY time she shows an interest. Praise her when she doesn't. Also, she might need...

Agreed.

I've been lucky with my dog, then. He's also a hunting dog. Loves to hunt pheasants. Will also kill anything that comes onto the farm that doesn't belong here. But he leaves the chickens alone. OP, you need to find a training method that works for you, and stick with it. This will likely be a...

That's a start, but please do some research on dog training. Yelling at a dog is kind of like over-yelling at kids. Eventually, they become deaf to it. Holding the chicks up to the dog and praising her when she doesn't react in a threatening way is what I did with my dog, but like I said, he was...

Or, you could actually TRAIN your dog to leave the chickens alone by spending lots and lots of time with it, putting it on a leash, exposing it to the chickens and correcting the behavior immdiately, continuing to do so until the dog understands that the chickens are not something to play with...