Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Hello: Just picked up a red and a white from Pullets Plus. They are frightened, especially when my Poodle barks at them. I have had hens since 2012, but quit because of the nasty neighbours and varmints. maybe the poodle will protect them. cheers, Jack

Welcome to the club!

Hopefully, your poodle will settle down soon and stop scaring the bejeezus out of them. Our poodle stands/sits guard while we are inside the coop or run, and he's pretty good about ignoring them if they are out in the yard, but that said, I wouldn't trust him if we weren't out there with them. He doesn't have a high prey drive, but everyone(thing) loves chicken, so if hungry enough and given the opportunity .... He didn't need a lot of training, and we found it was pretty easy to do: we made sure we had lots of high-value reward treats on hand.