Amateur chicken farmer.

[Pollo22]

Hello everyone. Thank you for the add. I'm a new member on here and fairly new to the chicken farming. . I stater with 24 chickens no I only got 3, due to a chicken hawk and my dogs. My question is how do you deal with the haws taking your chickes and your dogs killing your chicken. Any advice is greatly appreciated, I'm ignorant about the raising of chickens but I'm willing to learn the does and don't. Plus I been hatching baby chicks to replace the one I had lost, so far I have 5 chicks out 12 eggs . And 12 more in the incubator.

 

[TicaCielo]

Mine are still chicks but I bought them one of those big 6x10x20 foot runs on amazon for when they are ready to go out.

 

[SilverBirds]

Welcome to BYC!

So sorry you lost so many. What does your setup for them look like? Do they have a coop and enclosed run? Is the run covered? I assume that because the dog and hawk got them, they free range? What breed is the dog? Pictures of your setup will help us help you.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I keep my chickens contained within a 1/3 acre area enclosed with electrified poultry netting. That keeps not only dogs but other ground predators at bay. As for the hawks, the flock has a run with a solid roof, a huge shrub that they go under and two roosters that keep an eye to the skies. In my five years I've only lost one bird to a hawk. She was a 10-week-old pullet who had not learned proper predator evasion skills.

 

[LizzzyJo]

Welcome yes, you need a run or electrified poulty fence and net.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Separating them from the dog should be a priority, and some avian netting to keep the hawks out.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hello, and welcome to BYC! It's very nice to meet you! Please make yourself at home!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Welcome to BYC @Pollo22

Sorry to hear yiu had so many losses. Good luck for the future with your eggs

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens. Enjoy your time here!

 

[N F C]

Sorry you've had so many losses. As other greeters have said, you must keep the dogs away from the birds...if nothing else, be sure the flock is not free ranging at the same time the dogs are out. Hawks can be deterred with a covered run (even something as simple as netting can help) and bushes they can hide under can help.

This article is a good source for info on the most common predators and how to protect your flock from them: top-10-chicken-predators.75824