hawks defense

ive just recently began letting my ducks out every other day for supervised freerange. my goal is to get them to the lake that is in our yard, and ive almost got them comfortable enough to reach the bank. however, im concerned about them swimming past where i can reach them, and if they will...

So I just had a hawk kill my chicken right in front of me in our backyard. I am still traumatized. I had done many of the things suggested to keep the hawks away, none of which that particular hawk cared a lick about. Then I read about crows and hawks being enemies and then it dawned on me...

Hi, I'm new here about a week and a half ago I discovered a hen laying on her eggs. Her eggs hatched a week ago(she had ten chicks). I live in Florida and in my neighborhood we have chickens roaming around. I have no clue who the owners of any of the chickens are and honestly I don't think the...

Good Morning soldiers, We are at war! Just yesterday we lost a bird to a hawk. We have always had hawks around our place, but they have never been interested in our flock until now. Within the past two weeks, the amount of them has nearly doubled, and two days ago I saw two of them perched in a...

I just lost a hen to a hawk. My flock has been free-ranging for nine months now and this is the first one I've lost to a hawk. Free-ranging them is the only option I have at the moment, so I'm now trying to think of ways to prevent another hawk attack. I've read that hawks don't really like...

Just a few days ago we discovered a hawk in a tree right next to our chickens. Turns out, it's a family of 5 (I think Cooper's) Hawks. This was my quick fix to keeping them at Bay. The run in an of its self is temporary. We shall see how this keeps HUNGRY Hawks away!

Hello, So recently there have been three hawks roosting and flying around my 19 chickens. I do have 4 roosters and a goose but, I will look outside in time to see the hawks swooping down over the coop/run. I was wondering if I should get a fake owl. Has anyone had any success or experience with...

Hey Guys, I'd love some input here. I am planning on free ranging our 8 ducks out in our pasture along with our two geese. However, we're in the PNW and we have a lot of eagles. I have 4' electrified poultry netting to protect against our ground predators (mostly coyotes - and they're are safely...

Hey there -- In a little less than 2 months, I'll have 3 ducklings & 2 goslings arriving. While I'm beyond excited, I feel like I'm studying for the SATs all over again. I'm planning on building out their area behind my house, its spaced out to be around 50x60(ish) and is mostly tree-covered. My...

I read last week about using bailing string across my chicken yard to deter hawks. Seemed like an easy, good idea. I have my (their) coop and run attached by a passage door to a open yard surrounded by 100 ft of Electric poultry fencing. This has been in place for 3 year with no loses. I have...

Do you use bird netting to protect your chickens from hawks? I’d like to cover my entire yard and have been watching some videos. I’ll attach one here: If you can offer advice or share photos of your netting, I’d be really grateful!!

Sorry for the bad english. I apparently don't know how to human today. So tomorrow I plan to make my chickens some egg-free pancakes and let them free-range all by themselves. That means I won't be out there. The problem is that there's a lot of big birds flying around my neighborhood and I...

When the leaves fell from the trees out came the hawks. We went from never seeing them to having them take a shot at one of my hens with me standing close enough to touch its wing. Our chickens have a 10 x 10 covered dog kennel with their coop inside (we’ve got a ton of coyotes too). They also...

I have had two banty sized girls disappear. the one last year, i witnessed it and the cooper hawk flew off before dropping my banty hen he had hidden under him dead. All my flock took cover for hours. so now thirteen months later, two days ago, Thursday morning, i went outside approx one- two...