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I am pretty sure the moment my wife fell in love with me was when she was showing me her chicken pen that feral dogs had damaged and she wanted me to fix. While standing there, 2 feral dogs showed up, mean as hell. I smoked them both with my pistol, and that was that. Still have their skulls hanging on the wall in the barn.

Yes I can understand some of the challenges. Years ago I learned I had to establish perimeter. I researched plants with the largest thorns, and brush so sharp that humans and animals can't get through it and need heavy machinery to dig it up. I think I posted an example about a year ago. I caught people trespassing disguised as utility workers but they were trying to steal tools out of one of my barns. I can't tell anymore details or risk dox. But establish perimeter either fencing or organic fencing such as pyracantha or sharp thorny shrubs and trees. Also chickens like low hanging branches so don't trim them off your trees. Chickens like to hop up on them as quick defense or a place to sleep in trees at night if they don't make it back to the coup. Also chickens need shrubs or tree line to hide in otherwise they are easy picking for hawks and falcons and eagles and owls.

What percentage of your own food do you produce?

I just bought a stand mixer to try to let a machine knead bread dough. I want to start baking all my own bread. Let me know if you have any tips for beginners. It's become too difficult for me to buy good bread anywhere that isn't enriched white flour crap mixed with chemicals.

Guess it ain't the land of the free, then.