Most common chicken killing predators?

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

In my area it is DOGS! People drop them off thinking a farm will be a good place for their dog to live. I have 38 Speckled Sussex and they free range. I also have 22 Mammoth Jackstock Donkeys. Where ever the donkeys go the Chickens always stay with them. The Donkeys take care of Dogs quickly.

At least you have some form of defense; the donkeys. Also, you have a LOT of donkeys!

 

[Michael Lopes]

Should of had feral dogs on the list also. I live next to a state forest and trashy people are fond of dumping their dogs here

My dogs protect my chickens.

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

My dogs protect my chickens.

Yeah, mine just spooks them sometimes. But feral dogs are a whole different story. Dogs kill for sport. You have to train a dog not to kill a chicken.

 

[Red Mangrove]

My dogs protect my chickens.

As do mine. However my chickens greatly outnumber my dogs and they go quite far beyond their protection

It's simply natural selection and I'm not concerned with losing careless birds to predation

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Lately I have been having trouble with bobcats they have gotten over a dozen of my chickens

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

Lately I have been having trouble with bobcats they have gotten over a dozen of my chickens

Oh my gosh, that's terrible! We don't get bobcats where we live, but I didn't know they were so bad!

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

It seems like so far raccoons and foxes are winning; I get it because they are some of the most common everywhere. I'm surprised only a few people have put owl though; I thought it was a really bad predator everywhere.

 

[Double Yolked]

How about "All of the above and a few extras!"
For me the worst are 1. Fox 2. Bobcat 3. Coyote 4. Big Cat 5. Owl Followed by all the rest plus a critter we've been told is probably a pine martin.
And humans..... We've a migratory flock of human types that come through the area randomly moving up and down the highway between us and the coastal towns. Many are drug users from the several abandoned meth labs that have been found, all seem to think any unattended chicken is fair game.
My coop is padlocked and my wire is heavy gage, with a security camera clearly posted pointing at the coop. Some days I no longer think keeping chickens are worth the hassle. I can deal with the critters, the human predator's have about broke me.

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

And humans..... We've a migratory flock of human types that come through the area randomly moving up and down the highway between us and the coastal towns. Many are drug users from the several abandoned meth labs that have been found, all seem to think any unattended chicken is fair game.

Dang, you got deep there. But I do get your point; humans are actually a pretty bad predator all the time.

 

[McChooky]

My chickens have a secure coop and run at night and free range during the day.They also have a low fenced lot with 3 strands of electric fence around it to keep neighbors DOGS out. This fence adds a layer of protection but isn't 100% predator proof by any means.