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wtftastic posted:As a dog lover: if you are in a rural area and the dogs are killing live stock, even if you bring them to the pound or whatever, they're probably going to be humanely euthanized. If you are okay with that, then get a havaheart and send those fuckers to the pound to go ~over the rainbow bridge~. If you really are going to take pot shots at the dogs, don't be loving stupid about it, and make sure that shooting nuisance animals is legal and that you aren't violating city/state/town ordinances about how far you have to be from other buildings/homes/etc. I was going to say this, but there are already intelligent people here! Excellent. Explosions! posted:Yeah I can shoot a(t) dog and no neighbors will say anything, please anyone else make sure you're not going to hit the old lady next door's scooter or whatever before you do that. This was my suggestion! I've heard great things about guard donkeys. Never got to have one. Please let us know how it turns out! AND NOW, A WORD ON FENCING: When you fence poultry, you are fencing predators out, not fencing in the birds. Birds need very little fencing, and even if they fly over the top they'll come home at night. So, if you have dogs in your neighborhood, you need some proper fence.  Woven wire fence topped with a strand of barbed wire. The barbed wire keeps animals from climbing over the top.. The platinum standard of fencing is "horse high, bull strong, goat tight". Such a fence looks like this:  ..and of course is not affordable at all. So, nobody actually builds fences that tight. You need a dogproof fence. Dogs can climb, dig, and charge fences. But they're also very smart, so psychological barriers work very well. Electric net fencing is extremely popular because it's cheap & portable. A solid (~20 year) non-electric solution would be woven wire with barbed wire strands at the top & bottom. If you trust your donkey to guard your flock, a single strand electric wire would keep it in, and the donkey would keep predators out (hopefully). Electric nets are really easy to short, so you have to weedwack the borders before you move the fence (don't wack a standing net fence: you WILL destroy the net!) to keep it electrified at all times. After a while the local predators will learn not to go near the fence and you won't need to electrify it even (until seasonal migration brings you some wildcats or whatever). Raccoons, foxes and ferrets are also a threat, but usually only during the night (and if you haven't had a problem with them yet, you have a good coop! good job!) I'm really surprised the rooster hasn't been keeping the hens inside the fence when the dogs are around. Hope this helps!
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