At times, I have also kept geese and peafowl. Breeding pairs, brooding hens, and pheasants are kept in poultry netting enclosures, and adult roosters that are not currently in breeding pens are leashed by the leg to a swivel stake, giving them a 16 foot diameter circle, with a small house along one edge for roosting and shade. The 4' section has an electric wire along the top, to teach young dogs to not jump on the fence. There is a dirt truck trail running along the 4' fence line. Predators in our area include the usual raccoons, opossums, and free-roaming neighbors' dogs, with the addition of bobcats, coyotes, a resident cougar, and large bands of illegal immigrants crossing over from nearby Mexico.
Dogs can be invaluable to the maintenance of a flock.
Birds that are fighting may be flapping madly, squawking and covered in each other's blood, yet the dogs will race in, barking, swatting them away from each other with their forelegs, or reaching in and grasping the birds by their wing or tail feathers and pulling them away from each other. Baby chicks may be hopping right into a dog's food bowl, and the dog will just back away with a quizzical expression. My bird guards seem to view the fowls their own pets, regarding them with a wonderful tolerance and a desire for peace and order. The beginning is socialization. Take your dog or puppy with you when feeding, cleaning, or doing any other routine activities with your stock.