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I have seen cooper's hawks come flitting through the woods here, They always get spotted. Roosters tell the hens, hens tell the chicks, chicks bury in leaves and grass, hens step under a bush, if there is a rooster loose, he steps into the open, flaps his wings and crows. Usually that is enough to make them move on. My hens are seldom far from good hiding places when they have chicks. When I had guineas, they got massacred. Noisy hawk meals is what I found them to be. These hens are no push-overs. I've had them kill snakes. One of them beat a skunk into a cowering smelly mass in the corner of her pen. Chickens with all their instincts intact are a sight to behold.