Coondog and chickens

[Onceaoutlaw]

So we decided on getting a Blue tick hounddog.
I’m hoping to get them acquainted so she don’t kill all of them.
I’ll setting for not standing at the pen barking at them all day. Thoughts?

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

they look young, so you should make sure you introduce them slowly and calmly. reward with pets and treats when they do not react to the chickens. if they react, bark or lunge, say 'no' firmly and walk calmly away from the birds. when they're calm again, repeat. do this every day at least a dozen times so they know the chickens are family not prey... that said I would not leave them unattended with the birds for at least a year, and possibly never. coonhounds have quite a prey drive. best of luck! they are beautiful big sucks.

 

[McChooky]

Yesterday our neighbors 3 labradoodle's chased the only chicken they haven't killed yet up on the roof of my brothers house.We had to catch her & put it in a cage to keep the dogs from killing her. One of the dogs even got up on the roof after her. They run loose all the time.It isn't my chicken.It belongs to the same man who owns the dogs.

 

[McChooky]

So we decided on getting a Blue tick hounddog.
I’m hoping to get them acquainted so she don’t kill all of them.
I’ll setting for not standing at the pen barking at them all day. Thoughts?

Dogs used in hunting have a higher prey drive than most. They can't be trusted around chickens. If you don't get the right dog you'll have the same problem as we're having.

 

[Geena]

Calling @shawluvsbirds

 

[ChickyWhicky]

Dogs used in hunting have a higher prey drive than most. They can't be trusted around chickens. If you don't get the right dog you'll have the same problem as we're having.

True, hunting dogs tend to have a higher prey drive but not all dogs are built the same. Our german shorthair pointer (who has been hunting with my husband for 4 years) lives with our flock. I trust him 100% with our flock. He does an excellent job with predator control and does not bother the chickens. I am not advocating it, just letting OP know it can be done. Each dog is different.
I do agree, it will most likely require extensive training and there is a chance it won't work out. But good luck to you!

Nobody is messing with his flock.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

So we decided on getting a Blue tick hounddog.
I’m hoping to get them acquainted so she don’t kill all of them.
I’ll setting for not standing at the pen barking at them all day. Thoughts?

It can be done. But it requires lots of training and supervision.. keeping them leashed ALL THE TIME in the presence of your birds, rewarding them a lot for ignoring the birds and prompt corrections for paying too much attention to or going after or towards the birds.
One thing I done from the time I brought him home was anytime he looked at the birds or anything for that matter that I never wanted him to touch.. I would tell him MINE! I would reward him for backing off of whatever thing it was he was interested in and looking back at me or coming back to me. At almost 3 years old now I completely trust him outside and unsupervised with birds being loose.
Babies..No. I can't leave him unsupervised. Babies get him super excited. I don't think he would hurt them on purpouse but he likes to nose them around and make them run.

 

[McChooky]

I was disappointed when I got a Husky. He was easy to teach tricks and shake hands, etc. and was perfect indoors.He loved to go for a rides in the car (we took him everywhere!)
He was the sweetest dog ever and never killed anything of mine but a chicken wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes around him if I hasn't kept them penned. A coon can kill a dog ,a chicken can't.

 

[Onceaoutlaw]

No trouble getting my chickens in their coop anymore. She just runs up and they are gone.
She just stands and stares at them. She’s learning fast.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

No trouble getting my chickens in their coop anymore. She just runs up and they are gone.
She just stands and stares at them. She’s learning fast.

I have been trying to train mine to herd the ducks in. But... my problem is now he tries to practice at it when i dont want him to.
And... thats kind of counterproductive to my teaching him to ignore them. So i may have to stop.