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Cover helps as you noted. A dog is even better but may not be applicable to your situaton. I still recommend upgrading rooster and if attack occurs again, make every effort to photograph hawk on chicken. I for one would like to see evidence of red-shouldered tackling a standard sized chicken.

I have a difficult time imagining a red-shouldered hawk taking a standard sized adult but may have happened. You situation may be unusal. The hawks likely have more than one nest near center of territory although only one used unless first clutch in one is lost early in season. Game rooster...

Chickens = chicks, juveniles or adults? Difference is significant. See about getting a game rooster. Your chickens are already on the upper end of what a red-shouldered might go for. The game rooster will tip balance in your favor. Get a real game rooster, not a little bantam version...

Hondo, your red-shouldered hawks are not a problem unless you have bantam chicks and even then probably not. The red-shouldered hawks if anything are likely protecting your chickens from red-tailed hawks. The red-shouldered may not be dominant when comes to feeding territories but when it come...

Hawks in general do not try to nest near a premium food supply, especially when they are not at the top of the food chain. Your red-shouldered hawks will be driven off prime hunting sites by red-tails and they will be prime targets by greathorned owls at night. In my neck of woods...

NYChicks345, going after several chickens at one time is very unlikey especially where multiple birds are injured but not killed. Somebody else went after your chickens. Hondo, very good photographs of your red-shouldered hawk. My male displays but I can never get camera ready fast enough.

My game roosters will actually stand their ground against Coopers hawk and position themselves between hawk and offspring. Once games better than half grown, if father is around they do not seek cover but will bunch up. During much of year when all chickens grown, they chickens do not even...

I will bet money the red-shouldered did not attack your full sized EE. More likely species was red-tailed which is slightly larger. I have worked around hawks all my life and some simply do not target poultry even though they are larger and sympatric with species that do. Featherz, your hawk...

Red-shouldered hawk. Big enough but has never been observed to go after my birds so I do not consider it a threat.

Hawks cause me problems under two very specific situations Coopers buzz my free-range chickens daily but do not target adults and much of year my birds do not even react to Coopers hawks as the hawk is going after songbirds. During production season when chicks and small juveniles (chickens)...

Looks like an adult female Coopers hawk. Could have been on ground for a number of reasons including what you suggested. Sometimes they will pursue critters on ground. For me such will go after juveniles or hens in hen only flocks. Same hawk on ground as shown would be targetted for flogging...

First not all hawks are a problem. Second, many hawks are picky about how to catch something (most do not like to take risks). The pickiness is species or sex dependent. Hawks also not super smart and may not be as smart as some chickens. Hawks tend to go after certain sizes or like to hunt...

I think they also jump simply because wire is unsteady or unpleasant to stand on.

They can be convinced to hunt elsewhere simply by imposing an unpleasant hunting experience. They want the easy catch with minimal risk. Many legal options available to make hunting chickens more of a challenge than going after smaller prey.

Foxes and coyotes can jump fence cleanly without recieving a shock. Even a modest threat on inside will keep them from jumping. Consider a dog slightly larger in size than coyote on inside with chickens. Fencing plus dog will keep raptors out as well. The line will work if impractical...

This time of year they are setting up territories and fighting amoung themselves. Those soaring I do not consider a threat since they are displaying to other hawks or riding thermals for migration. Generally when hunting they start attack run from a perch; even Coopers hawks do that,

Yes. Even the individuals of largest breeds can be taken out. In order to do so the hawk has to be able to latch on with feet and control chicken on ground. If it cannot or looses latch, then chicken can get away and sometimes even fight back.