I’ll add a hideout for them today (and keep a closer eye out). Hard not to admire the intelligence of the hawks and it’s nice to know they’re keeping the snakes and chipmunks in check.
We have the same problem. Yesterday I put my 7 week old chicks out in a temporary covered run (We only have them out for part of the day as the new coop hasn’t arrived yet). Two hawks worked in pairs. One scaring the chicks to the other side of the run and the other killing them when they got...
