I haven't seen any hawks since I posted this.. until today. Here is a picture of what I have so far I've ordered more twine and as soon as it gets here I will get to work covering the yard. The hawk I saw today was huge! But only perched in the tree for about 2 seconds before flying away. I'm...
Alright well I set up some other things that hopefully will keep the hawks away. I heard they don't like shiny things so I put tinfoil up in the trees and on the roof of the coop, also I set up a bunch of CDs on twine over a good portion of my yard, and I got a fake owl that I'm gonna put very...
Hmm alright, just over the past hour or so I've been researching other options. I came across many articles and videos saying that adding black chickens to a flock keeps away hawks because they confuse the chickens for crows. But every video I saw on that that had it working seemed to have quite...
Hmm alright, I am not as concerned with ground predators as I have a 6 foot fence around my entire yard but I am very concerned about hawks. My yard isn't all that big to begin with I feel like locking them in some kind of small run 24/7 would be cruel. Do you think adding a male muscovy would...
Hello, I have a pair of Muscovy females that I let roam my yard throughout the day and I lock them up in their coop at night. I spent a lot of money building a solid coop to keep them safe but lately I've came across many Youtube videos of the things Hawks and Eagles can do to chickens and it...