Got me some hens

[sleek]

I have 3 that were given to us, and I have 4 cattle dogs that dont know what to do with themselves and the chickens. I'd really like to keep everybody healthy, so I'd like to ask, how do you introduce cattle dogs to chickens, without them chasing the chickens to death, or confusing them for squeak toys.

[DC]

In my experience tying the first dead chicken around the dogs neck does work. He never looked at a chicken again. Only took a few hours. Of course that doesn't help the chicken.

[mullet]

You need to get another chicken to do that if you have four dogs

[ksnow]

You need to get another chicken to do that if you have four dogs

Nah, by the fourth dog that first chicken will be good and ripe.

[Pappy]

We did that to our dog years ago when we use to go for the summer to my grand Mothers for a couple of weeks, it worked , and good thing because Chickens were more important than dogs back then and if it hadn't worked , well you know what would have happened to the dog.
 Pappy

[Hawkdancer]

Just have to teach the dogs to watch the chickens and believe the birds are cattle to protect!  On the other hand, the chickens are outnumbered! and may not go along with the game!
Hawkdancer

[Knoll]

You need to get another chicken to do that if you have four dogs

Nah, by the fourth dog that first chicken will be good and ripe.

        

[Knoll]

With that many dogs maybe focus on acquiring cattle, not chickens?   

[bjrogg]

We always had more trouble with the neighbors dogs. I remember when one of our neighbors got a new dog. It liked to roam. It got my uncles dog to join him. They got in the chicken coop. My uncle was a bachelor and loved his dog. He put him down. Us kids loved his dog to. Way more than the chickens. Like Pappy said, the chickens were more important than the dog. Us kids sure didn't think so and we sure missed Ringo. Still can see that dog play fetch with my uncle. That's gotta be all of fifty years ago. I know that had to be really hard for my uncle.
Bjrogg