Anyone Have Yorkies and Chickens?

[16 paws]

Hi there, I just wanted to get some feedback from some of you more experienced chicken keepers about small dogs and chickens.
We have had our chickens for about 8 months now. We have 2 chickens that are eight monthst old and 5 more that are about 5 months old now. We let them out in the yard with us to free range while we are out there and have been training our three Yorke's not to chase them. I have noticed the dogs every once in a while trying to eat the poo from the chickens. Well last Sunday one of my Yorke's got very sick and stopped eating. He only threw up once but for him not to eat is a big deal, he was also very lethargic. We took him to the vet, they did blood work and it came back showing a mild case of pancreatitus. He was running a fever and dehydrated.
My question is has anyone else had a small dog get sick from eating the poo from chickens. I will add that I have two other Yorke's and they do the same thing and have never been sick. Dusty, the Yorkie that got sick is 12 and my other 2 are under 2. Thanks for any help, I wanted the chickens and Yorke's to be friends but I don't want the dogs getting sick!
Marie from Vista, Ca

 

[Aerheffe]

I have about 20 hens, 4 roosters, 2 Shiz Tsu dogs. They all seem to get along or more likely they pay no attention to one another. One of the dogs loves to eat chicken poo, she loves to roll in chicken poo as well. It is disgusting to me but she likes it for some reason. On occasion she will get an upset stomach but for the most part she just stinks and get very frequent baths. Never had anything worse then an upset stomach. I also have rabbits and both dogs think it is wonderful that the rabbits leave little doggie treats all over the yard for them to eat. For them it's like Easter everyday. The rabbits sometimes try to play with the dogs but the chickens and rabbits just do what they do and pay no mind to one another. They all get along it seems.

 

[RedfogsFlock]

We had a yorkie 11 yrs never bothered any of our other animals. His daughter, a whole nother story. He was ours, his daughter was our kids dog.