best chciken breeds that do well on their own with predators?

[animals1981]

main predator defense during the day is our protection dog


just curious though does anyone here have experience with oriental fowl or do all games come from there

 

[Oregon Blues]

I've got 2 American geese that were moved to my house for safety because 2 dogs killed an entire flock of geese and ducks all at the same time. My 2 were the only survivors.

If an entire flock of geese couldn't stand them off, I suspect that no type of chicken would have faired any better.

Chickens can be deadly on mice and crickets, though.

 

[animals1981]

well i rank dogs above coyotes when it comes to threat wise people lose lamas to dogs i would say dogs are the most serious threat there are adult human deaths each year even because of dogs, i think there are even areas where dogs are used to protect race horses now from OTHER DOGS . The only real way to dog proof yourself is to get the most powerful breeds of your own. My current dog is extremly territoral and aggressive towards any dog that would dare go on her turf. Dogs scare me more than any other predator because a dog poses danger to me also. Large aggressive protection breeds from strong working lines that are naturally alpha will deal with stray dogs foolish enough to come on your property. I want to get more of my own dogs later on eventually its the best asset ever.

 

[centrarchid]

What I have found is that you can not consistently protect your fowl using a single line of defense, especially when they are exposed to environment in some way. Dogs help with many mobile predators but predators can get in and out before dog can get there. Fences can be pretty good against dogs going after livestock but a LGD can make the fence a much more respectable barrier to parties able to get past it otherwise. Good roosting accommodations can afford a measure of protection at night from mammalian predators and sometimes even owls. Cover and refuges can help during daylight where poultry have some ability to evade predators. Best option for me is a combination of methods with realization no single one is fool proof. The discussion here has been restricted to predators but sometimes the protection measures themselves can threaten birds. You LGD can sometimes be a threat, fences may actually promote birds from going beyond protective range of otherwise effective LGD, roosting arrangements may cause heat or cold stress, refuges / cover may also help some predators do there thing, or protection measures simply cost too much. There is no perfect system and some level of loss is to be expected. Sometimes loss is not in birds, but rather in cost to prevent losses which can very often exceed every other cost associated with keeping birds.