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  1. williatn

    Are white chickens like Delaware more likely to be caught by hawks?

    We also live on a largely wooded 4 acre property. The chickens are great at keeping the bug population down, but we have a somewhat open backyard. Most of the hawk attacks (red-tailed in my case, though I've also had Peregrine falcons pass through and wreak havoc) happen when they go from...
  2. williatn

    Are white chickens like Delaware more likely to be caught by hawks?

    I agree. I've never had any hawks or other wild animals go after my why white Leghorns either. The only thing I've ever had kill a white chicken was an untrained bird dog. Learned she needed to be on a leash or the chickens in the run pretty quickly.
  3. williatn

    Are white chickens like Delaware more likely to be caught by hawks?

    We are about 60 per cent wooded in the backyard. We never have a problem when there are leaves on the trees.
  4. williatn

    Are white chickens like Delaware more likely to be caught by hawks?

    In my experience, the color doesn't matter so much as size. My small Easter eggers were the first to go. After that it was whatever hen got separated from the rest. I have a red tailed hawk targeting mine. The only solution seems to be not to free range them
  5. williatn

    Just joining BYC

    I've had chickens on and off for about four years now, and I currently have five hens. The flock's a mixture of breeds including a barred rock, golden wyandotte, rhode island and two reds of unknown origin. I've used BYC for information in the past, but finally decided to join the community...
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