In your experince, do dogs help keep away predators???

[centrarchid]

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Alternative is to acquire pup and rear it with animals it is to be imprinted on and ultimately guard as I did.

 

[TriciaHowe]

Predators 0
Dogs 10 (at least) that's how many opposums and raccoons they have killed in the last 4 years that I have had them.... Who knows how many were smart enough to stay out of the yard LOL!
I have a black lab mix and a golden retriever mix both adopted as pups from the local animal shelter. They have been around my birds since day 1 and I haven't had many issues with them.... We also have a beagle and even though he makes a lot of noise he wouldn't harm a fly...
They are the best thing I have ever done in regards to protecting my flock...they are great family dogs too and very spoiled (and kept very utd on their rabies vaccination!)

I should rephrase the predators 0 We had a terrible snake problem in our brower brooder last year that was in the feed room. I lost over 20 chicks and still couldn't keep them out so I didn't even use it at all this year....what a waste! Anyhow, didn't add those in there because the dogs couldn't have done anything about the snakes.

 

[TriciaHowe]

Predators 0
Dogs 10 (at least) that's how many opposums and raccoons they have killed in the last 4 years that I have had them.... Who knows how many were smart enough to stay out of the yard LOL!
I have a black lab mix and a golden retriever mix both adopted as pups from the local animal shelter. They have been around my birds since day 1 and I haven't had many issues with them.... We also have a beagle and even though he makes a lot of noise he wouldn't harm a fly...
They are the best thing I have ever done in regards to protecting my flock...they are great family dogs too and very spoiled (and kept very utd on their rabies vaccination!)

I should rephrase the predators 0 We had a terrible snake problem in our brower brooder last year that was in the feed room. I lost over 20 chicks and still couldn't keep them out so I didn't even use it at all this year....what a waste! Anyhow, didn't add those in there because the dogs couldn't have done anything about the snakes.

 

[Mississippi Yard Bird]

My Airedales keep most critters away, but if they ever get a chance at the chickens it will not be pretty!

 

[TDM]

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She ate a few birds at four months. Figured out she was hungry. She's now two, and PERFECT!!!!

 

[PressOn]

My dog is blind and smaller than the chickens
You have to select the right breed, some will eat the chickens and some will be great protectors.

 

[nzpouter]

our dogs kill everything that don't belong in this property.... including other dogs.

 

[zazouse]

I have 100's of free range birds and while they have roost in the safe zone at night ,they do not have a coop to go in at night and i can tell ya without my dogs here i would never be able to do this.
Here are some of my guns

i also have a lab,aussie and a newly aquired 3 year old Akabash/great pyreness cross

Anytime a predator enters the safe zone it will be taken out by two dog in particular, a anatolian/great pyrenees and a pitbull

This snake got into the ground brooder while the door was open and the pitt took care of it before i even new it was there.

 

[ginbart]

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I agree with you I do the same thing with my dogs only they can run free in the yard with the chickens.

When I hatched my chickens I showed them to the dogs and said, look at the babies, I left them (the chicks) run around in a room where the dogs were so they got used to them. I would trust my dogs with my chickens it's the poor dogs that get attacked by the chickens.

He's trying to run away from him. lol

 

[amberflea]

Yes, dogs are a great deterrent to predators, esp if they can guard the coop at night (when most predators come out looking for a free chicken meal), in my case, my dog is the predator, and she is fenced out of the bird area or she would kill them all, so make sure you get the right kind of guard dog...