Which breeds are most likely to stand up to predators?

[Dust Bunny]

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oh.... hungry puddys, yes my cats are well fed indeed

 

[calista]

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Please PM me IMMEDIATELY because I promise to have the high bid on any hatching eggs you have for sale.

 

[drunkdog]

Im wondering...how exactly do you collect velocoraptor eggs? bad image here

 

[FarmerRob]

Maremmas and other LGDs that are not raised with the chickens are more prone to one day deciding to eat a few of them. Even when they are raised with them some will still do it. The way chickens move just pulls really hard on their predatory instincts, much more so than sheep, cows, pigs etc.

The Killer Attack Chicken sounds good on paper but I wouldn't bet money on having one that can fend off predators. Although a good rooster will often fight to the death to try and protect his girls. Chicken and rabbits are prey to Everything else. The best protection you can have for them is a Fort Knox style coop and run area. Strong heavy fencing that is too small a mesh for predators to squeeze or reach through. Netting over the top of the run. A couple of feet of 2" x 4" mesh woven wire either buried straight down at the bottom of the regular fence or attached to the bottom of the fence and laid flat on top of the ground and then covered with a little dirt to prevent dogs, coyotes, and others from digging under your fence. AND electric wires offset at several heights around the fence. When predators (or rotten little chaps) get a good jolt they are much less likely to want to approach your fence again. Be sure that you are only attaching this to a fence engergizer and not directly to a regular hot wire from a socket. You only want to knock them back NOT kill them. Anything you want to kill should be done with a gun.

You can try playing a talk-radio station (or record 24 hours+ and playback.) The sound of a human voice will keep many four legged predators at bay.

Or try one of these for the two legged kiddy types: http://www.amazon.com/Contech-Electronics-CRO101-Scarecrow-Motion-Activated/db/B000071NUS

 

[cubalaya]

saipan jungle fowl?

 

[Barred Rocks forever]

have a friend who has a 10 pound maran maybe bigger he looked like he could beat me up if he wanted to and all muscle

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

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VERY carefully

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Maremmas and other LGDs that are not raised with the chickens are more prone to one day deciding to eat a few of them. Even when they are raised with them some will still do it. The way chickens move just pulls really hard on their predatory instincts, much more so than sheep, cows, pigs etc.

Thats very true.

Chickens are just too tempting with all teh flapping and noise.

It takes some training to get a Maremma to ignore them

The first chickens I ever lost were the ones that went in the pastures​

 

[fancbrd4me02]

If you have problems with naughty kids, a sturdy pen with padlocks are the way to go. Use strong hardware cloth wire, and bolt it down with screws and washers. My pen has 4 x 4's at the corners and 2 x 4 framing along the top and bottom. 12 inches of hardware cloth is buried and aproned out along the bottom. The top of the run is covered with corrugated metal sheeting. It is predator resistant, and long lasting. The henhouse yard is one of the coolest places on our property in summer. Make sure the door and door fram is well contsrtucted to keep people from easily breaking in. I use chains and padlocks on mine when I am not around. Also, i have a "driveway alarm" set up where people walk to the pens. Inside the house is a reciever that chimes anytime a person walks past the device. Mine cost under $30 and has a decent range. I really recommend it.

 

[3chimama]

I liked the message about having a talk radio program going....I will have to look into that. I think that you should consider having a well built chicken yard and make sure that they are locked up safe at night. My girls always come in for the night and I lock them up. We have racoons on our land ;(