I'm so sorry to hear about your baby. We're having hawk troubles here too. I've been trying to figure out a way to get rid of them or deter them, but they just keep coming around. My daughter and I made two scare crows, they've helped some, you have to move them around every couple of days, and some of the members here recommended I hang shiny and noisy things on it like pie plates, and CD's. The flash seems to bother them a little, but when the sun goes down......................... They're back. I HATE them so much. I know they serve a purpose. But go serve it out in the hills, don't take my chickens!! I love all of our babies. I don't know what your chickens injuries look like, I haven't seen them. But there is something called butterfly sutures you can get at the drug store if it's a large open cut that she has, They're very small , thin strips of tape, with a section without adhesive in the center. You will probably have to cut them down to the proper size for her. What you do is put the tape at one end, stretch it over to the other side to close the cut, and leave it there , keep it clean and disinfected. You might need a couple of them, depending on the size of the cut. They usually just fall off on their own, the adhesive is very strong so she shouldn't be able to pull it off, but I can't say for sure. I hope you don't have any more incidents, we lost a hen to a hawk a little over a year ago, took our bantam right in front of my daughter, just took her away screaming. My daughter was little, and she came in screaming and in tears to tell me what happened. Now I'm trying to bring in large breed chickens like orpington's, and brahmas, that are harder to take away. But then as another member told me, they can just take them down right there on the ground. My daughter and I go outside in the evenings to sit with them and give them treats so that we keep them all near us, and we keep an eye on them. Sure enough, every evening, there they are swooping down in the yard. Wish I could shoot them but I don't want to end up in jail. Sorry, I didn't mean to rant, I just know what you're feeling. Hope your baby survives, and gets better soon, keep us posted.
