Here in GA even I the suburbs if you don’t lock your chickens up at night either the coyotes, raccoons or red tailed hawks will get them all.
I live in the mountains of Kentucky and we have them around the place. We put our two German Shepherds inside at night. I have sat on my back porch at dusk and listened to them lure a stray or lost hunting dog before. You hear the dog barking and then you hear the coyotes attack and the death scream of the dog, it’s over in about ten seconds then a few yips and silence.
One night in early fall it was cool and we had the windows open and about 4:00am a big pack came by the house just in the wood line and let out their howls. I immediately woke up but my wife was like Sylvester the Cat in the old Looney Tunes cartoons where Sylvester would get scared and you would see him claws attached to the ceiling, it scared her to death, she woke up almost in a scream herself. She said what is that? A pack of coyotes just outside the yard near the bedroom I said. What are you going to do about it she said? Nothing, as soon as I turn on a light or open the door they will be gone, go back to sleep. I did but she was up the rest of the night listening.