Dose anyone else feel this way?

[aprophet]

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yea I see the same thing fairly often and black vultures need to be told they are only supposed to eat dead things they must not have gotten the memo LOL

 

[9Catsz]

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OOOOOkkkkkaaayyyy....please explain to me the method these vultures use to kill their prey?

Ya'll must be confusing some other hawk-like bird with a vulture because vultures eat carrion. They don't have talons, like birds of prey, therefore they don't kill their own food. They smell it out and go in for the feast after it's become quite rancid.

 

[dinahmoe]

i agree-encourage your crow friends to stay around.i saw a hawk fly in and just a few feet away from attacking one of my chickens when crows starting squawking and escorting the hawk out.if the crows hadn't made a noise the chicken would not have ran away in time.another time,i killed a possum late one night and tossed him over the pasture fence till i could dispose of him the next morning.i woke the next morning to crows making an aweful racket.there were about 6-8 crows sitting in the trees above the possum.they did not like him there and let everyone know it.so now whenever i hear them making a noise,i can trust that there is something out there that should not be.


as far as the circling hawks,when the kites migrated thru here,there was about 8 that hung out together and circled around all day.they did not bother any chickens tho and they were free ranging right in front of them.

i am still in awe of any raptor.it is hard for me either way because i love my chickens .

 

[chickensioux]

I have our windows and doors open alot here in NC and it enables me to hear anything out of the ordinary from my flock. Usually whenever there is danger, the turkeys make a popping sound instead of a gobble, or the geese will honk excessively. I always go running to look. I have saved a few chickens from hawk attacks because I check so often.

 

[Kaitie09]

Our town has a local flock of 30+ very large black birds. Apparently they cannot be shot for any reason, so our little dinky town looks like death valley from Spring till Fall. Every couple weeks, they start circling my area, you have no idea how freaked out I get. First I check all the chickens, and then I look for the cats.

 

[aprophet]

N.C chicken Owner :

Before I had chickens I was like oh hawk cool big bird eats animals.

Now I have chickens and I feel as though every hawk/volture is a personal threat.

There were like 8 of them around my house today

So when I'am home I go and sit with the chickens when the hawks are there or check on them an lot

Is this just me?

Going by what FWS says on their depredation Permit instructions you are allowed to harass/intimidate them, exclusion goes a long way to helping to solve the problem

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Describe the nonlethal measures you have taken to control or eliminate the problem, including how long (e.g., a week, month, year(s)) and how often they have been conducted. List the techniques you have tried, such as harassment (e.g., horns, pyrotechnics, propane cannons), habitat management (e.g., vegetative barriers, longer grass management, fencing), cultural practices (e.g., crop selection and placement, management of pets and feeding schedules), or no feeding policies.

http://www.fws.gov/forms/3-200-13.pdf

HTH​

 

[galanie]

Hawks will indeed circle. I've seen them do it here too many times this summer to think otherwise. And yes, I know what a vulture looks like and those aren't vultures. They don't circle exactly the way a vulture does, but they will circle a bit, riding the thermals and checking out the area. Not the same circle over and over like a vulture, they tend to circle here then there, etc.

 

[chickensioux]

http://vulturesociety.homestead.com/

Regarding turkey vultures and killing live prey.

 

[9Catsz]

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How did the vultures you saw kill their prey?

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How did the vultures you saw kill their prey?

 

[9Catsz]

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From the above site.

Turkey vultures are non-aggressive, and generally do NOT kill. They will not hurt your pets or children. (There are a small number of accounts of turkey vultures killing live prey, but such instances are rare and involve extremely weak or helpless animals, like baby rats, grouse chicks, or small fish.)