Need Help!! Chickens being killed!

[nuthatched]

We have our whole area fenced in with 6 ft fence. I went around the fence looking for dig spots, but none were big enough for a dog to get through. Definitely not dismissing it though, it could be.

A 6 foot fence is nothing to a coyote or fox.

 

[McChooky]

Every morning at 7 you'v been giving this rascal a free hot meal .
Force it to hunt somewhere else by keeping the door closed and the chickens in(even if it takes weeks) Hungry foxes are easier to trap

 

[Greenwolf]

My pansy of a German shepherd may be trainable. I’m willing to try if it kills the both of us. Didn’t think of a fox…but my yard has become a wildlife sanctuary. It seems like there is a new critter showing up everyday.

All she has to be willing to do is bark. I don't know if you get raccoons? If there is no signs of digging a raccoon can and will go over a fence and kill your chickens. The chickens may be too big for a raccoon to take over the fence. Also a young falcon or bird of prey that can't take the whole bird might be willing to kill, eat what it can and then leave.

 

[Greenwolf]

Speaking of training, not to be funny here, but here's a border collie, who herds, that won't herd, but watching hubby herd. The camera is deceptive as it's dusk out there.

I have tried and tried to teach her to help rustle up chickens. She just won't. She's a good guard dog though!

Funny! My rottie-lab cross is good at herding, thinks she is the terror of the neighborhood and is terrified of cats and thunderstorms!