Barred Owl - Should I worry?

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chickencheeper said:
Giving her food is not a good idea because she can become aggressive if you don't keep giving her food.
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True, And probably she will eat the hens too, but I thought you will keep feeding her as a pet, in exchange of her service keeping predators away and hunting rodents. ie. treating her as "a flying cat"
Edited to say: If you get a live trap for mice and rats and give them to her.
 
If you do end up feeding her start out with a mouse/rat(via mousetrap) at a distance of 20 yards make sure she can see you every 5 days feed her again moving forward 5 yards every time one you have reached zero put a falconry glove on as well a arm protection hold a bit of meat in you hand if she becomes aggressive which I doubt she will then cover you neck and face and get inside. Always be careful and happy falconry. Also if you want to become a falconer you can check your state's requirements for becoming one and getting a license
 
If you decide to try to feed her, Please Please get in touch with a professional falconer. Let them guide you. As beautiful as she is, you have to remember that this is a predator, designed to kill, and a specialist in her type of hunting. She can hurt you, if she decides your not doing what she wants, and especially if she has no fear of you.

Please be carefull! I love the pics (I absolutely love owls and other raptors), but I've also been a big believer of keeping wild animals wild. If she's an escaped falconry bird, then that's a whole other story, as she'd be already half tame. Get in touch with a falconer.
 
Frazzemrat1 said:
If you decide to try to feed her, Please Please get in touch with a professional falconer. Let them guide you. As beautiful as she is, you have to remember that this is a predator, designed to kill, and a specialist in her type of hunting. She can hurt you, if she decides your not doing what she wants, and especially if she has no fear of you.

Please be carefull! I love the pics (I absolutely love owls and other raptors), but I've also been a big believer of keeping wild animals wild. If she's an escaped falconry bird, then that's a whole other story, as she'd be already half tame. Get in touch with a falconer.
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I ment to say get in touch with a falconer before doing anything.
 
How interesting. I've never heard anything quite like this happening before. A few months ago I spotted a barred owl on a low branch not 20 feet from where I stood. It was hidden in foliage and I'm not sure why I saw it but it paid no attention to me at all-- it was watching a young cottontail that was eating grass nearby. It swooped down but the rabbit was faster, then returned to the same spot and continued scanning. It seemed uninterested in my chickens but they were probably too big for it to take anyway. Of all the owls in the area these are the ones I see most often in the day time and they seem the most tame as well.
 

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