..and humans!! Living in Africa I am always scared someone will steal one of my girls!!! We also have characal and verraux eagles, but our dogs are good - they are big and scary and ignore the chickens, but hate anything that looks like a cat or a mongoose! so they were sworn in to be chicken-guarding-dogs. I dont think they take it too seriously though.. My alsation actually herds my chickens, too, but just to be annoying, not to keep them safe.