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    Red and Buff Chicks?

    So we have some older Buff Orpingtons and a mix of Cochins (buff, blue, silver laced, and barred) on the farm... But the other day a family member came home with new chicks from TSC. I can't figure out what they are, can you help? Maybe Red Sex Link or Rhode Island Reds? Thank you! PS- I...
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    Today as I was riding down the dirt road on my tractor, my neighbor stopped me. He apologized that the lady was rude to me and told me she was crazy. He also said he is going to encourage her not to do anything, but that if I need to talk with her and be stern I may do so. We shook on it, I'm...
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    Thank you! And yet another tool to use - the media. I will look into this... How would I go about doing this though?
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    I have spoken to the owners, I've made them aware of this. They told me they needed to buy her falconer gloves so she did not injure herself on their property. So, lo and behold... she now has gloves! They do not seem to mind her doing this, of course they don't have chickens - instead they...
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    That's what I'm praying for. Thank you so much for the encouragement. :) Yes, we are keeping all options on the table and will be diplomatic about the entire thing. Thanks to everyone on this forum, I was able to look at all my options. Thanks everyone! If there are any developments, I'll...
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    True. Okay, I will take a look at that law there! Thanks! :)
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    Yeah, she has actually made a point of telling me how "magnificent it is to tame a raptor and have it as her pet"... I don't plan on talking much to her.
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    Wow! Thank you so very much for all of the wisdom in this post. This really helps me alot, as I am relatively new to chicken rearing. :) I will look into this, yeah my GL is free to roam the property.
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    That's a good idea, I will definitely do that next time I see it. Yeah, we have an active German Lab, I am looking into getting a rooster (we just have some in our family who refuse to eat fertilized eggs), and we do have some patches of dense underbrush (as well as a trailer to hide under) -...
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    Well, I'm not sure what it was then... I do know it was a large raptor, the same type the lady was trying to coax out of the tree to feed in her hand. I also know that the hawks I have seen her feed, they have killed my chickens (I've seen it with my own two eyes.).
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    Like I said earlier, I would not kill the raptor. Obtaining a kill permit would be a diplomatic deterrent for the lady who is feeding them. I do believe this lady is messing the food chain up by feeding these hawks, not only attracting more to the area than is normal... but also showing them not...
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    Yes, I am sure. I have seen these hawks drop out of the sky and kill my birds - at least seven I saw, the other's I knew the identification of the attack from the previous hawk attacks I had seen. The hawks never took them away, they just killed them and took some meat or something of the birds...
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    My flock used to be 5 Buff Orpington (1 rooster and 4 hens) , 4 Australorps (4 hens), and 5 Orpinglorps (1 rooster and 4 hens). I am now down to 4 Buff Orpington hens - after hawk attacks over the last year or so (since the lady has begun feeding...) There was one time I had over 30 chicks...
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    Lady feeding raptors - law on my side?

    Thank you for the encouragement! :) I was contacted by a Florida Fish & Wildlife Officer today. He told me that the fireworks use permit, to use that I would just need to go down to the fireworks store and fill out an affidavit for my operating farm certifying I would use these ground-to-air...
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    Quick way to rehome an entire flock??

    I would take all the chicks, but I live in Florida. Can you ship them when they are that old? What kinds are they? Hens... roosters...?
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