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  1. P

    Hawk attack - swollen eye - help!

    Hi everyone, We had our first (!) hawk attack yesterday. I usually let the chickens free range in my backyard, which is in a suburban area. At about 2:30, I heard some loud clucking noises and turned around, and saw a hawk clutching one of my 4-month old pullets (she was lying completely...
  2. LizzzyJo

    Remembering Piper

    I lost one of my girls today. Predation is incredibly rare for me, but she wasn't my first loss and she wont be my last, I know that. But she was a good girl. She was a 9lb Blue Orpington. She was killed by a hawk. My dog got there as fast as she could, but she wasn't fast enough. Anyway, she...
  3. centrarchid

    Hen / Pullet Stands Ground Against Sharp-shinned Hawk

    While looking out front door of house I could see a game pullet (~8 months post-hatch) walking slowly with tail erect and head held high. The back part of her hackles stood out a bit as well. She was making vocalizations I could not hear. It was evident she was looking at some sort of bird...
  4. S

    Hawk deterrent?

    We are currently having trouble with a hawk/hawks. We lost our sweet little sultan chicken to a hawk earlier this week and now I have seen them in the yard every day since. We usually let our girls free range our yard. Have a flock of 6 hens now, a polish, Dominique, welsummer, buff Orpington...
  5. filmcmahon

    Hawk attacked Silkie bantam

    hello everyone! this morning as i was sitting at the kitchen table looking out into the backyard i noticed our free ranging silkie wasn’t caught up where the rest of the group was, which is typical for her. she was in the middle of the yard, the others in a currant berry bush. i pointed this out...
  6. BigBlueHen53

    Trying to Foil a Red-Tailed Hawk

    "Well, it's finally, happened, Zachary..." After years of letting my chickens free-range with hardly an incident of aerial predation, a red-tailed hawk has discovered the bounty. Yesterday there was a lot of cackling going which I thought was just a hen and one of the roosters bragging about an...
  7. centrarchid

    Video of Chicken versus Hawk

  8. alaskalife

    so sad. lost my sweetest chicken. Help on netting?

    I lost one of my girls yesterday. I came home and what i assume was a hawk killed and ate my Ellie . The rest of them went in the nesting boxes and hid. thankfully. I just did twine over the top of the run. I have a big bird net coming in the mail on Saturday. I spent 100$ on supplies and none...
  9. cluckmecoop7

    Hey all you free-ranging newbies! Come look at this!

    I am completely new to free ranging, and I'm scared to death about predators! So, I finally found a great way to start out! This is what I do: I have a big metal old dog cage, which I use for my chickens. I catch a chicken from the run, and put her in the cage. I go back and catch her a buddy...
  10. cluckmecoop7

    I have a lot of questions....

    Hi everyone! I want to free range my flock, but I don't know where to start. Hawks are my main concern....I have lots of them around. So, here are my questions: 1. How do I keep them from wandering away? 2. Will a hawk get them if I'm right with them? 3. When I put them back in their run...
  11. Silkiehoarder

    Do scattered chickens return?

    Greetings all. This is my first post but I have been keeping chickens for several years. Until today, I was raising a flock of 19 silkies (hatched Jan 2019) and one disgruntled frizzled Cochin. My chickens have been free ranging near their coop with plenty of protected spaces for the last two...
  12. Tlco

    Please help chicken attacked by hawk (?).

    Came home to find our chickens scatter everywhere. This one was on the ground hurt. We picked up and brought her inside. Looked like what went after her she fought off. She is in a warm office with blanket over cage. No signs of breathing problems, alert. Wound are surface wound at lest what we...
  13. C

    Pale pink comb

    Hi all. 1 of my chickens got attacked by a hawk. I have nursing her back to health & her wound is almost gone. It is very small & healing nicely. With that, we have her in a kennel in our house (which has been quite interesting & at times, very noisy lol) I spend time with her often throughout...
  14. O

    Predator leaving only a few feathers.

    No blood, no body part, only 3-4 feathers. This is happening during day, close to house, while I'm home, while they're free ranging on one acre, fenced, lots of hiding places. We have raccoons, don't think that's it. We have hawks (and owls), Coyotes, Fox. What do you think this is?
  15. purpletiger

    Please Help Treat my little D'uccle! Puncture wound from Hawk!

    Hi everyone! My sweet little D'uccle named LeeLoo was attacked by a red-tailed hawk while i was putting up an extension cord to add a heat to keep the chickens water from freezing. The hawk was no more than five feet away from me when it attacked! I ran the hawk off and was able to save her! I...
  16. Alicat4244

    Proud of my Stanley

    just want to share a pic of our roo. This is my first rooster and yesterday we got to see first hand him protect his flock from a hawk . We've raised him since 8 wks old . Super proud of this guy and to see him at work. He will be 2 this spring
  17. C

    What predator killed one of my girls? :'( unpleasant pic in post

    Hi, I'm just trying to find some answers as I'm worried about our other 2 girls. Sorry for anyone who has experienced loss(es) to predators, it's truly heartbreaking. We thought our flock was pretty safe, walled garden in an urban area surrounded by trees and neighbours with dogs, so they...
  18. 50-45-1

    MY 10 YR OLD CAUGHT A RED TAIL HAWK BARE HANDED

    I wanted to share an older story about my daughter who was 10 at the time. It was a small article in the online version of Traverse Magazine. She is 16 now, and would kill me if she knew i was doing this. https://mynorth.com/2013/09/northern-michigan-10-yr-old-saves-her-chickens-from-hawk/ 2...
  19. juliaschickens

    Hawk Identification

    Usually I am good with identifying the hawks around me(NorthEast USA), however I'm stumped on this one. I wasn't able to get a good look at the front of this hawk, but managed to get this picture. Is it a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk? Or a different kind entirely?
  20. carlyducks

    Hawks- Please help

    My ducks were out free ranging with me this afternoon, and I was literally sitting 3 feet away from them scrolling through my phone when a hawk swooped down so fast. All 4 of my ducks scattered towards me and were trembling. The hawk pulled feathers out from one of them, but luckily that was all...
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