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According to the research I have seen, the only predators that we have that could have known chickens were edible for hundreds of years is the Alligator, not a significant chicken predator. This has been studied to death and there are mountains of research. Most of it with coyotes and sheep...

There are bird dogs that will point one bird but not do good on another, they have their preferences. Just like any other predator. Some predators have higher standards than others. Predators with loose standards don't survive long in an area that people are armed and there are no firearms...

A lot of people think that the brown leghorn colored birds do better because of camouflage. I find that not to be true. They look too much like a wild bird, raptors are tuned in on them. I have found black chickens to have better raptor survival, they think they are crows. There are a lot of...

First thing to understand, is that there are less predators in "rural" areas than in urban areas. I live in a rural area. I have done animal control in an urban area. There are 10 to 1 more potential chicken predators in an urban area, hands down. There is more food, more cover, and no large...