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    Free Lunch Chickens! Hawk Attack!

    A similar thing happened to me. I live in a very open area with little area for cover. It would happen once a week or so. I really didn't want to spend the money covering a 1/3 acre of land with netting or limiting them to a chicken run. I decided to try out a sky dancer and developed my...
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    Trying to get an idea of how many out there do free range vs chicken runs/enclosed.

    This is very well done. Also took some effort!
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Protect Your Chickens From Predators?

    I made my own sky dancer sensor and I haven't had any attacks since it was installed 9 months ago. It senses the motion above and turns it on for 30 seconds. Anyone else use a sky dancers? Thoughts on this method?
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    Trying to get an idea of how many out there do free range vs chicken runs/enclosed.

    After my hawk attacks, I was looking into what everyone else was doing....
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    Intro and chickens getting hawked!

    I had about 14 hens and a rooster out in the Ohio countryside. Fast forward 2 yrs and now I was down to 3 after a few hens brooding and chicks. Anyone else experience this??
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