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No against any predator I know of. Rooster usually gets eaten first as he tries to protect his girls. Foxes dont care about spurs, neither do dogs’ eagles are oblivious!!!

Its difficult to keep even brother Roosters with girls. Once theyre mature theyll compete. That means fighting or at least sparing. They also wont allow each other to mate. There can be a lot of clumsy fighting on top of a poor hen. Hens suffer from being jumped on twice as much as one rooster...

I was sitting on my verandah drinking coffee this morning. I raise baby Polish close to the house in the garden where there is plenty of shelter and my dogs guard them from predators including Magpies, Currawongs and Crows. They somehow know I was there and decided to join me. I know it’s not...

If I noticed a listless Roo I would check where he sleeps. Mine often sleep separate to their girls - all the better to guard them. I always suspect red mights. You will not see them on the chicken. You will find them in the tiniest of cracks near where he sleeps. Often where the perch joins...