SpicyDisaster
Songster
Are there certain breeds you have found are best for predatory alertness with coyotes and hawks? This summer we moved to 40 acres surrounded by several thousand acres of wheat field. Our house is on 1/2 acre of cleared dirt while the rest is wheat field. Last week a coyote discovered our girls were easy meals and has been picking them off one-by-one. We've got them fenced in now with 4' galvanized wire fencing against the house while we wait for the permanent chain link run to be installed (supply chain delays, waiting since August) and the coyote has been seen just hanging out laying on the ground watching the chickens from 15 yards away. It's got me to thinking though, the run was initially to keep the girls contained and out of the garden/pasture as things are growing and we want to be able to let them out to free-range at times.
For that, what roosters breeds have you found are best at alerting to the presence of hawk and coyotes? I work from home permanently and want a way to be notified if a predator is approaching or sighted so we can handle it with lethal force. I would love a rooster that would protect his girls against a hawk attack as well but I don't expect that he'd self-sacrifice for a coyote.
For that, what roosters breeds have you found are best at alerting to the presence of hawk and coyotes? I work from home permanently and want a way to be notified if a predator is approaching or sighted so we can handle it with lethal force. I would love a rooster that would protect his girls against a hawk attack as well but I don't expect that he'd self-sacrifice for a coyote.