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Here almost all of our losses to hawks have been bantams and immature birds. 'Young and dumb' is part of it, and smaller body size definitely. We have most losses from Cooper's hawks, and some from red-tailed hawks. Other places will have other hawks, and owls, that may be able to take...

Welcome! You've had good advice already, it's true that free ranging is a risk for your birds. As adult large breed hens, they will be less attractive to many hawks, but there's still some risk from them. Definitely they can't be let out when raptors are sitting there drooling over them...