Do turkey buzzards kill as well as scavange?
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just had a buzzard kill my little cuckoo silkie chicken.im devastated.poor little girl.you could tell she`d been trying to get into her coop for safety but the buzzard had dragged her all the way round the coop then killed her.my daughter saw the bird fly into their run and came rushing downstairs to tell me but by the time id got there the deed had been done and the buzzard just sat on a post and looked at me.im still in a state of shock,i only had 3 birds and love every one of them.can anyone tell me if simple gardeners mesh over our 25ft x 60ft run will stop these creatures?
all advice gratefully received.away for another cry now
all advice gratefully received.away for another cry now
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oh i forgot to say,im in wales in the uk and also live in the countryside and the buzzards here are pretty big.had hens since the summer and never had a problem but we`re experiencing alot of snow just now,so im guessing these buzzards are hungry hence the reason theyve picked on the little silkie,the 2 warrens were cowering in the corner of the run.
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Just so you know, there is a different terminology in the UK! Buzzards in the UK are hawks/buetos, and here in the USA most people say the word 'buzzard' but mean a vulture. A Turkey "Buzzard" is a turkey vulture, which chicken owners should not fear.
I use deer netting, it is sturdier then the bird netting and easier to work with. I've also read you can string fishing line across the
pen and it scares them off when they tip their wings on it, never tried it but it would probably be better if you get a lot of snow, the
snow weighs the deer netting down. The article I read said the fishing line can be strung 5 feet apart but I would put it closer to
be on the safe side.
Wanda
pen and it scares them off when they tip their wings on it, never tried it but it would probably be better if you get a lot of snow, the
snow weighs the deer netting down. The article I read said the fishing line can be strung 5 feet apart but I would put it closer to
be on the safe side.
Wanda
I have responded to turkey vulture posts in the past to share that we lost 11 of 12 baby chicks (out of the brooder with feathers but still small- about 5 weeks) in a Turkey Vulture attack in Massachusetts.
Eleven sets of feathers and feet- with the 12th chick dropped live outside the pen when the vultures were scared away.
They are opportunistic feeders and alive or dead a small chick is no threat and enough will make a meal for a hungry predator.
Eleven sets of feathers and feet- with the 12th chick dropped live outside the pen when the vultures were scared away.
They are opportunistic feeders and alive or dead a small chick is no threat and enough will make a meal for a hungry predator.
Yes, sadly nearly everything eats chicks, even jays and squirrels. It might be better just so say that chicks should always be protected or you risk loss.
not for the squeamish.
Even though it appears that this poor chick was tethered for this video. Sadly any time we pen our chickens we are helping to make them available to one chicken thief or the other. And anytime that we don't pen our chickens we are also helping to make them available to one chicken thief or the other. Eternal vigilance is the price of keeping chickens.
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