A Hawk on Our Coop (pics)

[SewingDiva]

Literally:

We have a lot of hawks in our area even though its totally suburban. This one also likes to perch on the roof of our one story house and stare at the chickens. It is not afraid of anything:

(By this point the girls couldn't take it anymore and had skeedaddled into the safety of their coop!)

Cover those runs!

~Phyllis

 

[JennsPeeps]

 

[shmooborp]

omg! i suggest geting one of those big plastic owls and putting ontop of the coop, hawks are spose to be afraid of them

 

[thechickenchick]

Oh my!! That is a beautiful coop by the way!

 

[coffeelady3]

Well, at least you know all of your pesky rats and mice will be well taken care of!

 

[texaschickmama]

That is the cutest little coop. Beautiful hawk, too, as long as it stays away from your chickens.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

Gee! That is a brave one! We just had a hawk swoop down yesterday when the girls were in the backyard. Scary!

Is your girl on the left an EE? She looks a lot like my EE, Elsie, who is black with a golden- reddish colored head.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Hawks are cool as long as they aren't eating anyone's chickens (of course, I understand the food chain and all that, which is what a covered run and hardware cloth is for!). Great picture!

 

[SewingDiva]

Quote:
She is indeed an EE! Her coloring is more in the dark mahogany range with some subtle barring, although she does have the thick neck feathers and cheek muffs that we see in EE's. Her tail feathers are black with a green sheen. She is by far the prettiest of the three and, ironically, looks rather hawk-like!

~Phyllis

 

[miss_thenorth]

I had a hawk on my coop two days ago, and got pics, but for some reason I am having difficulty uploading them. Ours was a coopers hawk, and my chickens were freeranging, when one started making this awful sound.

I looked, it was right there on top of the old dog kennel//chicken run. Hubby grabbed a camera, I ran outside to do a headcount. None missing, and haven't seen it back here since.