hawk

  1. Ursula09

    Worked on a farm previously, now I am trying to raise chickens on my own.

    I have 6 chickens, and one rooster. The chickens are almost ready to lay their first egg. I would have lost one of my chickens were it not for my rooster creating a lot of ruckus! Lux ( the name of that white leghorn chicken), always has a habit of flying over the fence. I was inside, so I...
  2. Duckmom239

    Please Post Photos of Your Duck Coops!

    Hey there! We recently had a hawk take one of our ducks so now I need to isolate them to an area on our property without them being in a stuffy small pen. Any advice and photos are greatly appreciated!!!
    • Duckmom239
    • Thread
    • coop ducks hawk predator
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. ShrekDawg

    Hawk on run

    So my chickens have been inside during the day a lot lately which is really weird for them because they are almost NEVER inside except maybe on days with bad weather but even then they usually stand outside and get soaked (big dummies :lol:) so for them to stay inside on gorgeous days is really...
    • ShrekDawg
    • Thread
    • chickens terrified by hawk hawk hawk issue hawk on run hawk problem hawks terrified chickens
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  4. Jordan01

    Grooming out feathers?

    My chickens recently got attacked by a hawk, they're both fine but very stressed. They haven't left their coop since. They lost feathers in the attack and so I didn't really look into their feathers thinking out. I saw Pearl grooming her wing and a feather came loose and she kept grooming till...
  5. Jondiesel78

    Hawk problems.

    I have 94 chickens in 2 pens. I have wire fence and nylon netting over the top of the entire pens. The netting is zip tied to the vertical wire fencing about every 2 feet, and overlaps by at least a foot. Today I had a Cooper's hawk fight his way in between the fence and netting between 2 zip...
  6. wenwar

    Hawk

    Had a hawk try to land on one of my birds! Thankfully, the dog and the boyfriend saw him at the same time and he flew away. Aria fled to the coop and was not harmed. We have a huge yard and can't do netting. Any suggestions to keep Mr. Hawk away would be appreciated.
  7. A

    Squawking fighting hens

    I have 4 hens, all about 10 months old. This morning they started squawking a lot, not sure if this is why but there was what I believe ajuvenile hawk flying away from an area near them. I stayed outside with them awhile and they weren’t stopping. The one that was squawking the most, I picked up...
  8. G

    Fallen comrade

    this actually happened some time ago. We’ve since come to terms. But i’ve Had the "in memory of" sketch sitting, it had to be completed. I like to think our Orp went out in a blaze of heroism. She was trying to warn us all morning.
  9. nickberndsen

    Long hooked upper beak on Ameraucana chick

    My three-week-old Ameraucana chick's upper beak is unusually long and hooked. She seems to have no problem eating, but she wheezes sometimes. She also seems much stupider than our other chick and spends hours pecking at the wall. I have read that Ameraucanas naturally have curved beaks, but...
  10. Quacking Pigeon

    Bird of Prey scares pigeons

    So I just said in my last forum that I was on that I haven’t lost many birds due to a bird of prey (1), but just as I went outside and took a seat a bird of prey comes over then all of my pigeons go flying. Basically in the end my others hang around the loft and 2 of them fly away (probs to the...
  11. DuckMochi

    It IS a hawk!!

    So a few weeks ago I made a post on here saying I saw a hawk or two continuously circling around our neighborhood. I concluded that what I thought was a hawk was actually a buzzard until recently. While I was out in the run with the birds I saw it in the air again and luckily my father was...
  12. R

    A death in the flock of two

    so my family has 2 chickens, tapioca and tetra. tetra passed away from a fox and or hawk etc... but we still have tapioca. I have just been wondering if this will effect her egg laying or behavior since we had such a small flock.So far we have just seen taps looking for tetra and calling out for...
  13. DuckMochi

    Hawks??

    So about a week ago when I was sitting outside with our chickens and ducks, I noticed something flying in the air. I mean noticing it was circling around and the shape of its wings it didn't take me long to realize it was a hawk. I was pretty shocked considering I live in a place where you never...
  14. A

    Gruesome pullet death

    My favorite BC Miran was murdered yesterday. She was about 4 months old I assumed it was a predator but after looking at it it doesn't look like anything ate much of her maybe just the breast. She was literally just ripped apart from her stomach and her body was left intact. Feathers everywhere...
    • Ariell
    • Thread
    • dead bird dead pullet hawk killing predator predator attack
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  15. Debutante

    Just A Big Pile of Feathers! :-(

    This afternoon we noticed a pretty significant pile of feathers in a wide open space near our coop. No blood or tissue, just chunks of feathers. Of course, we immediately assumed that at least one of our free-range hens had been taken! We know that there is a large coy-wolf in the area, but it...
  16. ben0125

    Will a hawk eat my hens??

    I am thinking of releasing my hens we got last week soon but I'm worried about a hawk around our house. We live in a rural area on 5 acres so hawks fly around a lot. We have some hens around a year old I believe and want to know if a swamp harrier hawk would be able to pick up our chickens. We...
  17. justmejulie

    How To Keep Hawks Away?

    This morning we had our first experience with a chicken hawk. We live in a suburban area, with a small coop and four chickens: 2 barred rocks, a golden sex link and a white silkie. Luckily, we were right by the window and saw the hawk drop down, so we ran outside and shooed it away. At first we...
  18. Lazy Farmer

    Raptor took my Pullet

    Free range as it perks. But also is dangerous. The Hawks were squaking and then it got quite. I walked into one of our paddocks and found the pick up spot. I rattled the food can to get them all back in before the Dragon returns.. 8 months to raise, 8 seconds to lose.. bummer.. :barnie
  19. tawnya0926

    Hawk injury

    My flock was attacked by a hawk two days ago. This poor girl ended up injured. I cleaned out the wound with a 50/50 of hydrogen peroxide and water and then I put antibiotic ointment on it. She is acting fine, but I'm not sure how it's supposed to look while it's healing. Does this look infected...
  20. M

    Red Tailed Hawk

    Hello! We have had a red tailed hawk flying around our property, and recently I noticed one of my hens missing with no sign of her. Then yesterday, I saw the hawk in the yard, then he took off. This afternoon, I noticed another hen missing. I noticed the rooster was making some noise earlier but...
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