-sigh-
Apparently even metal hurricane fencing less than a year old and welded to 1x2 square tube cemented into the ground is insufficient to keep the soi dogs out.
Wife forbad the use of the electric wire and today we lost 41 of our chickens. 3 survived, 23 dead, 18 missing. The 18 missing leads me to believe this was either an 'inside job' (human helper) or a pack of dogs. Maybe, but that's a mighty small hole for 18 birds to find in their panic. Maybe. Anyway, this the fourth or fifth time we've been wiped out like this.
We will be buying another 40 or so, but the cockerels I raised from egg will take longer. (Vendor will not sell us males. Bad for repeat business, I guess.) Wife's egg side-line she was so proud of is on a hiatus for a few months.
We are planning to reinforce around the base -and- I will have the electricals installed over Wife's objections this time. (she's afraid she'll get shocked and I was weak and gave in.) This time she's even more blood thirsty and me. Those were her babies.
I've made every effort to protect what is mine,
without harming these dogs. 55,000B in the hole for a coop/run/upgrades and now more coming trying to keep these dogs out. This is a different batch from before and I'm personally making noise with the village. I can't keep just throwing money at the problem. Something needs to be done at the root, and I don't think a farang culling the herd will be looked upon kindly.
Wife is heartbroken and weeping openly.
Village leaders say they can do nothing without video. They 'say' that, but I had video before and could point at the dogs in the neighbor's yard and they did nothing, so I don't believe them anymore. Nevertheless, I am buying an 8-channel solar video system with a TB of storage and getting an outdoor repeater because of the weak Wi-Fi signal out at the coop area.
Tired of this SH!T!!!
-sterling