Sounds very dramatic. Been free ranging in the middle of thousands of acres of woodland for many years now and haven't experienced any of this drama of crushing dog bites, stolen eggs, etc. I've had a few chicks taken by hawks during the hawk migration last fall and that was my fault for having...
Doesn't say what that breed of chicken is, does it? Predator resistant...that's a new term I've never heard. Just when you think you've heard it all! They must have a full time marketing team working night and day to come up with things like that.
We have breeding/nesting crows on our 20 acres. Just got lucky I guess. The neighbor puts out a lot of corn for turkey and deer and the crows like the dividends.
Our crows are an integral part of our hawk defense here and I couldn't do it without them. The dog helps but he's getting older now and less attuned to aerial threats, but the crows are vigilant and very aggressive to the hawks. They forage in a part of the meadow that the chickens rarely go...