[Viking2002]

My next-door neighbor has a big collie mix - an outdoor dog, big, slobbering, friendly, but as wild as stallion. A couple of years back, the neighbor on the other side of them decided to keep a few yard hens around.

But hens can fly over fences.

I have never seen a dog move with such agility and lightning speed as I did the day one of those dumb birds tried to make a break for it, and it landed next door. That dog shot out from under the porch, snapped down on it, and was back in the shade was consuming said fowl in - I swear I'm not making this up - three seconds, flat.

The barnyard population went from six to zero in, I'd say, about a week. They never did buy any more chickens.

[calex59]

Do you realize how many people actually think chickens can’t fly? Too many Disney movies I guess. Anyone who has raised chickens know that they can fly, not far and not for long, but plenty good enough to get over fences and escape into wooded areas.