Our LGDs killed a hen this morning.

[Gray Angel Farm]

I had 2 litter mates that were mixed breeds. A brother and sister, lab, border collie with a pinch of heeler in them. One favored the look/personality of a border collie and the male acts more like a lab. Over 4 yrs we guess they probably killed approx 80 chickens. Most times there was no mauling at all. I think they would scare them and chase them and their hearts couldn’t take it. We often would find 6-8 in a corner in the coop all huddled up together and dead. But by the spreading of feathers we knew the dogs had been after them.
We didn’t intentionally let them out to cause harm. We finally made the decision to get rid of the sister. We felt like she was the leader. Her brother hasn’t killed a chicken since she left. We have a new puppy, well she’s 8 months old and all I can say is yes yes yes....training and more training and when you think your done...just keep training. If not corrected immediately you’ll end up where we were with our 2 litter mates.
Tons of training videos on you tube and endless internet sources for training info and advice. Training is like raising a kid, patience and consistency go a long way!!!

So sad...I found out my dog that we kept and adopted out his litter mate sister was in a dog fight with 2 neighbor dogs at her new home and died on Easter after a week long battle. They say she died from a blood clot. We will never forget you and always love you sweet Lucy girl! We will see you again someday.