Musnad Ahmad 1060:92

Abu Asim narrated to us, Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Yazid ibn Abi Habib narrated to us, from Bukayr, from his father, from Ubayd ibn Ta'la, from Abu Ayyub, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, forbade the *sabr* (tying up and shooting at) of an animal." Abu Ayyub said: "If I had a chicken, I would not subject it to *sabr*."