Seriously almost anything does well, here, provided you don't keep them in an open pen without a coop and have a spot for them to get out of the wind (coop).
We had a giant red tailed hawk on the property earlier this week. Before I could get outside to shoo it away the flock of crows I have took care of it for me. I've seen them do that once before - surround a hawk (in midair) and interfere with it until it flies away.
Crows are one of my favorite wild birds. They hang around my flock a lot - I'm sure bringing in all kinds of lice/mites/worms - but they're worth it for the hawk protection. The crows sit in the trees over my coop/run and when given an opportunity will fly down and eat out of the black rubber bucket I have filled with chicken food outside the coop. My flock mostly tolerates this, as well.
We had a giant red tailed hawk on the property earlier this week. Before I could get outside to shoo it away the flock of crows I have took care of it for me. I've seen them do that once before - surround a hawk (in midair) and interfere with it until it flies away.
Crows are one of my favorite wild birds. They hang around my flock a lot - I'm sure bringing in all kinds of lice/mites/worms - but they're worth it for the hawk protection. The crows sit in the trees over my coop/run and when given an opportunity will fly down and eat out of the black rubber bucket I have filled with chicken food outside the coop. My flock mostly tolerates this, as well.