We raise sheep, pigs, ducks, chickens and geese. We have a lot of predator pressure and we have a pack of livestock guardian and herding dogs. They eat meat from our herds and flocks in addition to catching
mice and eating the occasional foolish predator. Eating chicken won't make a dog want to kill chickens if it already knows to guard them. These are two different concepts and the dogs understand them well. If they find dead stock they bring it to me, or me to it. e.g., a piglet that died in the field.
By the way, chickens are the hardest animal to train dogs to guard because chickens act so, well, so prey like.
Cheers
-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
Pastured Pigs, Sheep & Kids
in the mountains of Vermont
Read about our on-farm butcher shop
project:
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/butchershop http://SugarMtnFarm.com/csa