I follow a channel on YouTube that added australorps and the hawk attacks stopped. Mine have areas that are fenced but open to the sky and they have never been attacked. I have even seen a hawk sitting on the fence and looking down on them huddled together. I saw that and ran outside yelling and...
Wow, I just found this place again and sorry to hear of you getting rid of your stock. Life does throw us curves. My hens are four years old now so I will be adding more and hoped I would find a source here. I have never had hawks bother my birds and wondered if others did? Some say the hawks...
"I am not saying they are Standard, but they are nice. My first BAs came from Cackle and they have had no egg laying issues. I have two of the original 5 and they are 5 years old now."
And do they still lay? I just started with five and hope to keep them a long time. They have a permanent home...