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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by dgfitz on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @06:22PM (#43109067)
500/month for a dog? 500 for solar?

Do you need a consultant?

Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by eptcyka on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @06:24PM (#43109100)
Need one? He must be one.
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by ezekg on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @07:17PM (#43109573)
Livestock guard dogs are expensive, especially trained ones.
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by dgfitz on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:58PM (#43123495)
Nope, sure aren’t. Unless you want to buy a fully-trained dog, then sure.

If you plan to raise chickens, but also plan to buy a 5k dog, you probably aren’t mentally prepared for raising livestock.

Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by colechristensen on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @06:31PM (#43109159)
For starters nobody uses an electric fence for chickens. You have them for cattle because they’re so big building a fence sturdy enough they can’t just push over is expensive.
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by ezekg on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @07:16PM (#43109558)
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by pests on Thursday February 20, 2025 @03:38AM (#43112462)
Are we forgetting chickens can fly? Why are we using fences
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by GJim on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:40AM (#43114494)
> For starters nobody uses an electric fence for chickens

Good lord man!

They're for keeping the foxes out, not the chickens in!