Atccking hawk just got attacked!

[hallerlake]

I have a crow's nest in my backyard. The one time a bald eagle grabbed my little red hen, a hundred or so crows alerted me, and I was able to save her. They can hang out here any time.


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[BitsyB]

MuranoFarms, what a gorgeous rooster!*

Your story makes me wish I could keep one, but as we live in the burbs, that is right out. Sounds like a roo would help w/ the hawks that frequent our yard. I have a cap gun that I "shoot" at them to scare them away, and also feed peanuts to the resident Blue Jay Gang, who seem to be enemies of hawks. And the crows don't seem to be too fond of them either!


*Your dog is cute too!

 

[emarble]

Fine looking Roo and congrats to him~!

 

[desertdarlene]

What a good boy! Glad you gave him some treats. Hopefully, he won't have to deal with hawks that much.

 

[flockman]

I just lost a silkie pullet a few days ago. THe next day I almost lost another. The hawk was only able to get feathers. THe chickens have not been out for the last few days. Which is really to bad, because we have had unseasonably warm weather.

 

[MuranoFarms]

Stupid thing is back today! I just looked out and it was standing about 8 feet away from the coop just looking around. The dog chased it off again, but it looks like this is going to be a long battle! I have to leave soon, so I'll probably put all the silkies and D'uccles in the covered run while I'm gone.
*sigh* he can't simply find somewhere else to hunt can he?

 

[Gypsi]

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I'm starting to see blue jays around here for a change - how do I cultivate a flock of them to hang out?

 

[Frannabelle]

I lost my mama banty hen a couple of weeks ago to a red tailed hawk. Usually the crows and jays alert me, but it must have slipped in under their radar.
That hawk is still flying around, I saw him yesterday and both crows and jays were dive bombing it.
Ever since the attack that killed my hen, my whole flock is on alert. Whenever they hear the blue jay scream, they run for cover.

 

[CMV]

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Feed them.

 

[desertdarlene]

Sorry to hear he came back. I find it interesting that I rarely see some of these hawks I hear about here on BYC attacking ground-running birds and ducks in the wild, at least where I observe them, but they love to go after free-ranging domestic poultry. I wonder what the attraction is? I used to think that it was because they looked easy because they're fenced in, but I know a lot of people free range their poultry in large areas. Are domestic poultry less tuned to predators than their wild cousins?