Had a hawk pick up a big Turken once, I guess she was to heavy for it in the space it had to go high. (Trees in the way). Dropped it. She shook herself off and continued to look for bugs.
Now the chickens run under the tree and the Muscovies surround it when the hawks are flying near and that is everyday.
Haven't lost a Chicken or a Muscovy yet. Chicken run is covered and that cover gets messed up a few times a year when they try to come thru it. But I have a lot of trees and actually they are safer out in the back yard with the Muscovies than they are in their run. When I have young chicks or adolescents, the Muscovies hang out with them instead of the older hens. Just what they do. Yet, they let the Cardinals and squirrels eat their food, but they kill mice, rats and snakes. And will go looking for them.
Coarse when I see them flying low, I caww like a crow and off they go and the dogs chase them off regularly.
Maybe my giant wrought Iron White bird on top of the grape arbor makes them think twice, too. Haven't had one land in the back yard since we put that up.
Muscovies just keep getting bigger, I doubt a Hawk could fly with my big boy, let alone get him off the ground. Now the girls, maybe, if it could get past the Drake. They evidently don't think they can get away with it. But my Buttercups are so tempting to them, but are likely to attack a hawk in mass. Wouldn't put it past them. I can just see a hawk trying to get away from 16-18 Buttercups. No wonder they don't try.
