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I have free-range birds over a 6-acre area, also representing heritage breeds. Core brood fowl are also confined in core. Edited by Staff

Could you show a picture of your setup? A more distant neighbor I have has similar losses to yours while I seldom loose any even though I have more birds ranging a larger area. Setup is the main difference as I also have high hawk traffic.

Hawk will not pack off two adult birds.

jhaley, All I try to do is increase odds hawk will fail in attempt or least that hawk percieves risk. Often it will then go elsewhere. Make certain you know hawk species, not all are threats. So long as my birds under a covered roost by dark, owls not a threat. My birds unattended by me but...

TheDonger, The risk imposed by hawks on your chickens varies with several things. Size of chicken, available cover, breed of chicken and social structure of flock. Small chickens always vulnerable to a wider range of hawks since species that catch and carry immediately (Coopers hawk) can do a...