Unfortunately I can't make them disappear. I am an animal lover (vegetarian etc) and want to take other measures. But in the heat of the moment if I actually caught the dog that was chasing my girls I would probably beat the daylights out of it. And that actually scares me.
To BLUCOONDAWG: I plan to keep whatever wire I use off the ground by at least 1' or so as I do not want to harm any other animals while doing this. We have a few bunnies that live on the property and hang out all day even when i am outside with my dog. I have never permitted my dog to chase...
To JETDOG: Bacon grease sounded like a good idea, but I don't want to unnecessarily invite the foxes over. They already know the Girls are there and so far I see them just walk by the pen, not even looking probably because they know they cannot get in. I'm sure they tried at one point but never...
To CAFARMGIRL: You hit the nail on the head "Even if a run is strong enough to prevent a dog breaking in they can still stress out the birds with their presence and behavior."
That is definitely another reason i want to teach the dogs to stay far away though I did not say that in my post...
I have a 15' x 30' pen completely enclosed in hardware cloth and roof.
Around this is their fenced yard made of 2" x 4" welded wire 6' high, 4x4x8 posts at 10' apart. Approx 30' x 100' in total. I need to add additional protection around the fenced yard.
My biggest threat (aside from 1...