Yes, Border collies are herding dogs, in the working class. They need a job to do. Herding cattle or sheep is what they are meant to do. Sounds like chickens work too.
We had a bark collar for an outside dog. He barked at everything, even leaves falling. It did not spray anything. When he would bark a neighbor would throw rocks another would throw apples at him. I threw back at their back door, he stopped. He was only outside during the day when we were home. It worked at first then he got use to it. We were finally able to get him to stop. He would always bark at these two guys. Dog is dead now and no more outside dogs. Just our experience with the no bark collar.