chicken guard dogs

  1. froggyphore

    maremma, great pyr or anatolian shepard to guard chickens?

    i’d originally planned on a great pyr as i like their appearance, personality, size and natural guarding tendencies outside of livestock but i’ve read about some instances of them randomly killing their poultry, and i know they were bred to mostly guard large animals. i know goldshaw farm has a...
  2. goreybabe

    Suggestions on medium-sized "guard" dog for family and chickens?

    Hi everyone, I know others have posted about guard dogs, but I'm looking for recommendations on medium sized dogs (no larger than 60 lbs) that are good family dogs as well as good watch-dogs for chickens. I have 25 chickens or so on 1/2 acre, so not a lot of running space for the dog. We have...
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