Best breed to attack hawks

[Yardmom]

Are there bushes or other obstacles for your chickens to hide under? My birds free range, but to the best of my knowledge I have not had a chicken taken by a hawk. If there is a hawk over head my roosters screech and all the birds run under the brush.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

My gamecocks could take a hawk, but only of the caught it on one of there hens. If the hawk went after them they would likely succumb.

 

[No Coop No Problem]

Big empty fields are what get chickens killed from hawks. I would recommend having a bush at least every five to ten feet

 

[Australorpfamily]

Are you able to put up random umbrellas or something similar, like shade platforms to break up the open sky area? Like just 2- 4x4s with a shade roof between them? Then maybe bird netting between them?

 

[nuthatched]

well i cant cover my run since it is very large and it would be very difficult and expensive, from a picture i put in the replies u can see, so is there anything else that can work?

Make your run smaller or provide cover, patio tables, pallets on cinder blocks, etc.

 

[McChooky]

i googled it and it said shooting hawks in virginia is banned or something stupid like that, but my run covers like a whole 3/4 my backyard so its huge, i dont know what would work for a covered run. This is a very bad screenshpt from a video but from where the red barn starts, and half way down the hill is where the coop ends, also where the pirate ship is so a covered run is practically impossible, or VERY expensiveView attachment 3748257

Manicured lawns and pastures are hawk magnets.You have no coverage overhead and no hiding places. They need shrubs and bushes so hawk can't swoop down and grab one.

 

[OFWGKTA]

Thanks.

I asked my mom and she wanted to know how close you are, and the price of your rooster we are located in gloucester virginia, if your not close is animal shipping availiable ive seen some people do that

 

[OFWGKTA]

Are there bushes or other obstacles for your chickens to hide under? My birds free range, but to the best of my knowledge I have not had a chicken taken by a hawk. If there is a hawk over head my roosters screech and all the birds run under the brush.

We have a few benches, a bush, under my coop here is a pretty spacey underside, and that whole entire pirate ship in my picture. My hay hay got attacked while trying to protect the flock but my chickens have a problem with flying over the coop and exploring my whole yard and thats how my last rooster passed. There are some hiding spaces in my yard where they fly though.

 

[OFWGKTA]

Are you able to put up random umbrellas or something similar, like shade platforms to break up the open sky area? Like just 2- 4x4s with a shade roof between them? Then maybe bird netting between them?

I could, im gonna think about that

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

well i cant cover my run since it is very large and it would be very difficult and expensive, from a picture i put in the replies u can see, so is there anything else that can work?

string. bright color, like blue, pink, orange, and red. it's obviously not very strong, but should be a deterrent, as eagles and hawks aren't usually willing to risk getting tangled.