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A huge hawk is terrorizing my chickens, what can I do?
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Posted by tfromtx (My Page) on Sat, Jul 3, 10 at 10:30
| I have been reading posts on this site and everyone keeps saying hawks won't disturb anything above 4lbs... I just caught a hawk eating one of my chickens yesterday afternoon. She was a silkie so not very large. This has happened once before last summer so I did not worry about it much as the hawk never returned. However, later yesterday afternoon I found the same hawk sitting on a doorway to my chicken coop trying to come up with the courage to go in!!! My remaining 7 chickens are all large, 10+lbs, and they were inside, terrified. The hawk flew away as soon as I walked out.
But all evening, and all this morning I can hear the hawk scream! The chickens are not acting normal, they are just cowering in their building not eating. I don't even see squirrels on my yard (I have 3 pecan trees)... And my two labs seem freaked out as well!!!
What can I do to make this hawk go away??? I have seen hawks before but this seems much larger and bolder than any others. It is well over 1' tall when sitting on the ground.
I would really appreciate suggestions,
Thanks,
t |
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RE: A huge hawk is terrorizing my chickens, what can I do?
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| Fenced chicken runs with a cover of chicken wire are the solution. Free range chickens = lunch for all kinds of predators. After you cover the run, place a few branches, or strips of shade cloth, across the top so the chickens have a greater sense of security. |
RE: A huge hawk is terrorizing my chickens, what can I do?
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| I realize this is an older thread, but you might want to check out the Farm life forum. Lots of talk about the same issue there. Advice on stopping hawk from killing chickens
"I have been reading posts on this site and everyone keeps saying hawks won't disturb anything above 4lbs... I just caught a hawk eating one of my chickens yesterday afternoon." A link that might be useful: forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/
farmlife/msg0515452820753.html?12 |
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