Bald eagle sighting

[Artoflife90]

Hello everyone,

This morning I heard my male duck quacking like crazy and when I went to go check if he was okay I noticed an eagle sitting on the pool fence. I went outside as quickly as I could and scared him away. I don’t know if he was thinking of scooping my duck or if interested in the fake eggs I had on my duck pen or the fake owl on top of my pen house. I kept my ducks inside their pen all day today. Any advice on how to keep them safe?

Thank you,

 

[sourland]

He is interested in your ducks. He will be back. It may be necessary to keep them in their pen for a while.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

He is interested in your ducks. He will be back. It may be necessary to keep them in their pen for a while.

I have chickens and have noticed both bald eagles and hawks flying above, they have been keeping thrmselves in the coop, is this because of the hawks or bald eagles, i have a covered pen i thought it would have kept them out, we also have one mouse that i have seen, so i dont know if they were going after the chickens or the mouse. Hope you can keep your flock safe!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'd say he was looking for an easy meal. Please take @sourland advice and keep them up for a while and hopefully, the Eagle will move on.

 

[CoriM]

Go out with them when they are free-ranging. Give them some exercise everyday while you watch them and keep them safe.

 

[Artoflife90]

I live on an suburban neighborhood. A lot of people have their pets outside. I know a couple neighbors that have chickens, roosters, etc. Is there anyone I can contact if I see it again?

 

[ruthhope]

My son lost a female muscovy during the day in the summer. His neighbor has chickens and has lost three. The neighbor says its an eagle and has put up a large sheet of sail cloth across his chickens' run so the eagle cannot see his flock

 

[CoriM]

There is also bird-netting that you can buy - We have put that over the duck "tractor" that we move around the yard so they can be on the grass safely.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Hello everyone,

This morning I heard my male duck quacking like crazy and when I went to go check if he was okay I noticed an eagle sitting on the pool fence. I went outside as quickly as I could and scared him away. I don’t know if he was thinking of scooping my duck or if interested in the fake eggs I had on my duck pen or the fake owl on top of my pen house. I kept my ducks inside their pen all day today. Any advice on how to keep them safe?

Thank you,

I live on a RIver where Eagles fly up and down River every day like clockwork. They are incredibly scared of human's so I wonder if putting up a scarecrow would help..... ? Just occurred to me to try that even though it's been 20years of Eagles being that close to my chickens who free-range and never choosing to go after them as they are focused on Salmon. If you're inland and saw one that close up, he's probably pretty hungry and lacking a constant food source so be careful.

 

[Artoflife90]

I live on a RIver where Eagles fly up and down River every day like clockwork. They are incredibly scared of human's so I wonder if putting up a scarecrow would help..... ? Just occurred to me to try that even though it's been 20years of Eagles being that close to my chickens who free-range and never choosing to go after them as they are focused on Salmon. If you're inland and saw one that close up, he's probably pretty hungry and lacking a constant food source so be careful.

Yeah, I never seen one so close! I live in a suburban neighborhood in Phoenix, Az so you really don’t see a lot of eagles around or any other wildlife actually. I had seen an eagle a couple of months ago around my neighbors but it was just flying up in the air and never saw it after that day.