Thank you for the fantastic information! I have learned so much about hawks in the last few days. So today I let them out while I sat amongst them, just to see if I could see a hawk scoping the out. Sure enough, after 30 min or so, a massive red tailed hawk came swooping toward my lavender orpington, the biggest one I've got! I was only 10 feet away! I yelled and waved my arms, but that only slightly deterred it, it was still circling. I quickly lured all the girls back to their coop by offering treats.
The Buckeye's carcass was nowhere to be seen, but there was a delay between when I heard the commotion and when I found the feathers. One of my cats or a raccoon could have dragged it off.
That must be one hungry hawk to go after such big chickens. They won't be going out again, ever!
The Buckeye's carcass was nowhere to be seen, but there was a delay between when I heard the commotion and when I found the feathers. One of my cats or a raccoon could have dragged it off.
That must be one hungry hawk to go after such big chickens. They won't be going out again, ever!
Every day I wake up, I thank God for my simple country life in the middle of town.
Every day I wake up, I thank God for my simple country life in the middle of town.
