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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. A

    Hawk Problem

    I was sitting inside today and I heard a crash by my coop and then I heard all my chickens going nuts. I looked out of my window in time to see a hawk and all of the chickens running into the coop. I ran out yelling at the hawk and as he flew away he released one of my chickens. All of the...
  4. Stacifay

    When to re-integrate?

    Last week one of my girls (while they were being given free-range time) was attacked by a hawk and pretty badly injured. I was able to get to her and get the flock safely back in their enclosed area, then quickly set up an ICU area for Oprah (my injured gal) . She lost an eye in the attack, but...
  5. BrittanyG

    Tips for deterring predators?

    I let my chickens free range during the day and lock them up at night. A few months ago my Buff Orpington, Buffy was killed by a fox. As I was counting my chickens before locking them up that evening I noticed she was missing and when I went looking for her, I followed the trail of feathers and...
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