DIY 0$ outdoor brooder. Any critiques?

[Velmas]

I can vouch for the effectiveness of having a dog for predator control.

What kind of dog do you have? Depending on the individual dog you can either have one that won't hurt a fly or one that has a huge prey drive. We are sort of inbetween where our dog goes after small game and hogs no problem but understands when another animal is considered part of the family. She has already chased the neighbors cat away from the ducks once. Poor kitty was really just curious and was watching them in the yard but got ran up the fence pretty quick. Then the pitbull runs back to the babies to check on them. It's very cute

 

[Ratchnick]

Don't have a dog currently, but the dog in question was a mutt, maybe had some golden retriever. As a farm dog she took her job of guarding the chickens very seriously, day and night.

 

[Ratchnick]

My parents were half mile away and always had lots of losses, rarely any losses with the dog, but i guess that depends on the dog.