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The coop had a door I can walk through/

Hen only flocks, in my experience, are more likely to face losses. If that is a Red-tailed Hawk, then I would pen the chickens up for a few days regardless.

If you have not roosters, then maybe get a game cock.

Where is the hawk squeezing in?

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That is disinformation.

No one besides you has suggested allowing BOP's to take entire flocks. That is called disinformation. I loose very few to raptors. Cover provided by vegetation, roosters mixed in (no hen only or juvenile only flocks), fencing blocking some horizontal approaches and dogs. Like raptors, and...

The way I was schooled, all raptors which includes vultures, are protected by the international, therefore federal agreement @tigger19687 linked. Even today, I am pretty sure there are more people (voters) in the US that hold the opinion that I have where raptors are not to be harmed. It is...

Those are not hawks. Appear to be corvids of some sort.

Some of my involvement with chickens is decidely work related. I work at Lincoln U. in animal science. The chickens are used as educational tools at field day events and in classroom settings (see link below). Birds used for such are extremely high value owing to investments in taming...

Currently I have 58. I am setup for between 75 and 100 for the winter. During summer number can approach 300 but usually less than 200 and where numbers fluctuate the flock is dominated numerically by young birds the hawks would have interest in if I did not prevent. Time investment...

Distance 4.5 miles as the crow flies. I am at west end of OO. Metal tub filled about 1/3 full with soil. Must have a range of particle sizes and be kept dry to be effective. Soon birds will be let out once per week. Feathers stubby / missing can come from them being pushed to hard on a diet...

For me lice and mites a problem when flock tightly confined with minimal dust bathing options. This will be a challenge with three flocks of laying hens. New dust bathing areas are being installed. Free-range birds as I keep them not so challenged. Pens moved around and roosts exposed to...

If your birds are in coop with covered run, then my only concern would be to make sure chickens sleep more than 6" away from any area owl can reach through with its feet. If chickens roost tight against owl can reach through either prevent that or make so owl can not see chickens. If birds...

We appear to be neighbors so have very much the same challenges. I have not lost any free-range chickens to hawks for more than 2 years despite heavy hawk presence. A Coopers Hawk hunts in my barn daily for starlings. A Red-shouldered Hawk patrols pasture area but to my knowledge has never...

That is pretty close to my approach. Dogs do most of the apprehending and that is largely with owls (same difference). Female dog outside right now working on a couple of GHO;s being nuisance in cockyard. This dog appears to have developed a technique that got her close to owls on more than...