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Today when heading to work this morning I saw a large white dead bird in a pasture no more than 100 yards from my property boundary. Location is well with range my dogs patrol. Upon close inspection it was apparent bird died some time ago and was moved from that location last night. Death...

More than one way to kill chickens when it comes to predators. One is have predators kill birds outright, other is to protect birds to death. I go both extremes but with latter when wanting birds to reach desired advanced ages, I back off on the love a little. Tight confinement puts you in...

It is likely not impossible. I free-range extensively. You just must invest in predator management and be ready to absorb some losses which can be light. Generally, speaking predator management cost more than other aspects of keeping smaller flocks but when you get up into larger flocks the...

I have encountered such people. They are few and far between and would have already established a reputation for being stupid with other neighbors. These people are not such. They have a poultry barn well away from road within a fenced / gated barnyard. They appear to have a covered run...

Predators are known and very effectively controlled with respect to my flock. The measures I employ are not effective much beyond my property boundaries. I will try to meet the neighbors and give them an account of what I heard.

Early this morning while feeding my birds I noticed my dog run off barking back towards house then come back and forth between me and driveway. Once I got to end of drive away from my birds I could hear another bunch of chickens about 1/4 mile to the east by northeast. Warning cackles of hens...