dog vs chicken

[dreamer5577]

I recently lost one of my new (2 month old) chicken to my own dog. She has not liked my chickens from the start. I tried introducing them to her when they were wee little peeps, but she still hated them. The chickens were out free ranging (i let them do that a few times a day) and my dog broke the chain from pulling too hard and just being overall rambunctious. So by the time I got there. . . it was too late. She chased the 3 others I had way down in the woods, it took a long time to find them. And we did (thank goodness). It's not like she was anywhere near them either. She was probably around a whole acre from them and its not like the chickens were in plain sight.. there were bushes and a pool in the way. I was just wondering if anyone had a problem like this and what they did to solve it. --Thank you.

 

[silkie4]

Our neighbors have a dog that tends to get to their chickens too. They have put up a fence separating the coop from the rest of the yard. Our coop is surrounded by a 6 foot fence because we don't want their dog to get our chickens. Works pretty well but we actually have 1 cat that climbs the fence, goes right up and over but he has never shown aggression towards the chickens so we just let him be.

 

[chkn]

I've had the same problem. You just have to find a way to keep them separated. You have to control the situation like a parent because they don't know any better and neither do the silly chickens.