protect the flock

I did some research for a while this morning and I found quite a few articles about caponizing roosters. All of them seemed to be related to doing it for getting better meat out of the bird. They also all seemed to reference having to do it at a relatively young age, but did not specify why...

We had our first predator attack yesterday. Three chickens gone. 😭 We are guessing fox. We free range and realize the risk. We don’t have the ability to make a run sufficient in size for our birds. At first, we considered getting a herding dog as a barn dog to help protect. But then someone...

Does this work as a bird deterrent? Will it actually keep away hawks and owls? He’s a huge 5ft elephant btw.

So I’m in the market for a dog that won’t eat my chickens, I’ve been looking at livestock protectors but they are pretty pricey when you get into the larger purebreds. I’ve been looking at mixes like Shollies and purebreds like Akbash but I don’t know what’s the right fit. The chickens have a...

A little about my flock first: I have 2 coops. 1 with 14 hens. And another that I used as a brooder to raise 8 keets and 12 chickens. Only 1 young roo in New flock. They are 12+ weeks and have been free ranging with the rest of my flock for a couple weeks now. so earlier this week I went to...