Resource of major interest to owl is not chicken. Cover or rodents are attractant.
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This owl attacked the roof of the run. I had to use sticks to get the owl to leave (flew off to nearby trees). I think this owl is a little crazy.Resource of major interest to owl is not chicken. Cover or rodents are attractant.
I have ways to run owls off. Can't eliminate them though, per law. Basically after throwing dead branches at the tree the owl perched upon, after this drastic tactic the owl stayed around. We kept the chicken in the coop for a week or so. One danger bunny (cottontail) hasn't been seen for a week. There's always another danger bunny to take over eating clover.Do you have gun or firecracker ?
Not to shoot at it but to scare it away
Yes I think so. I think it has to be an adolescent juvenile, in my opinion. There was a really big owl that flew off when I came out of the house. This smaller one was trying to learn how to hunt, because attacking the covered coop was really odd and not natural. I hear the owls at night but they do hunt during the day. I sure hope people aren't feeding the wild life.It could just be very hungry. Hunger will make it do weird stuff.
I understand ..we have killed foxesPredators die when the hunt my chickens. Coyotes, dogs, hawks, raccoons, possums, and owls face death when they try to make the chicken run and open areas a buffet.
It sound cruel but it's the way it works.
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In Tennessee, it is legal to kill birds of prey that kill livestockI understand ..we have killed foxes
BUT Beware : It is illegal in most states to kill birds of prey ..
Just so you know and everyone else does