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Yes it's definitely a hawk. It came back the next day

Ok looked back through my texts. The 19th is when my flock went crazy in the front yard. The 28th is when my orpington was attacked and the 1st was when my dominique was killed.

Yes a week or 2 prior to my orpington being attacked I had all of my girls out. They were all in my front yard so i tossed them a handful of catfood and went inside to my 2 small children. A few minutes later I was talking to my husband when my hens went crazy and one flew right into our window...

Will try to post an updated pic of her. At first i thought she got her comb caught on something but after my dominique was killed i out two and two together and realized it was probably the hawk

This was my buff orpington a day or two after i found her injured. A few days before my dominique was killed. I'm assuming the hawk attacked her but was not successful. She is healing nicely now but did have half of her comb ripped off.

I didn't see the hawk while i was outside. I stayed close to my girls and kept my eyes on the sky and trees. I have some picnic tables I plan to drag into the yard back by the woods but I think my ladies will only be allowed out while I'm outside as well. They seem happy in their new run because...

I let them out for about an hour while i was outside today

We built an extended run over the weekend

Thank you I'm still so sad :( she was my favorite hen. I try to keep telling myself it was just a bird but i raised her from a chick and she followed me everywhere :(

Why are they so highly protected?

I haven't seen it lately but we were outside all day the past 2 days building the extended run so he probably stayed away. Besides its super illegal to shoot :(

I'm not sure how to go about quarantining because I only have one coop :(

How do you go about adding a rooster to your flock?

We have a super secure run up right now. We were just going to put up this fencing to give them more area and access to the ground since we won't be free ranging now. So annoyed by all of this. I can't really afford to build a whole run this fencing was free from his dad. He used it to house his emu

Will he still kill my chickens pulling them through the side of a chain linked fence?

Now it's sitting on my run waiting for my hens

I know some roosters can kill hens that challenge them. Wondering how it woll work adding a full grown rooster to a flock of 11 hens. 2 buff orpingtons, 2 light brahmas, 1 buff brahma, 1 silver laced wyandotte, 1 production red, 1 australorp, 1 welsummer, 1 white EE and 1 white silkie.

How do you add one to your flock? I know they can kill hens.

Hmmm so what kind of rooster do I get and how do I add one? Do i get one as a chick? Should have never gotten rid of the one i had

I had a blue rooster. Believe it was a hamburg. Are dominiques commonly attacked my hawks? The hawk keeps coming down walking around my coop and run waiting for the hens to come out