It's hard to not get angry when you lose livestock. When you do something to protect them you are villified as the badperson for hurting a dog. It is a no win situation. Cable snares used to work well for me at the edges of coops. It would catch any dogs that came around the coop as they...
Someone mentioned the Thai and Filipino chickens being safe. Many of those guys (and girls too) use tie outs (like a leash for the chickens legs) and individual lean-to's for the roosters. They generally also have a dog that watches over them as well as they are in an open area and not in...