500/month for a dog? 500 for solar?
Do you need a consultant?
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.
> For starters nobody uses an electric fence for chickens
Good lord man!
They're for keeping the foxes out, not the chickens in!
Livestock guard dogs are expensive, especially trained ones.
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.