Oh, Cluckcluck, I'm so sorry to hear about Isadora.

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Yes. Don't hate it Cluck. It ruins life. Trust me, I know from experience.Isadora was a very lucky hen to have you as her mom. She was loved so much. Sometimes the last gift we can give a beloved pet is to say goodbye to them when their time comes.
Try not to hate the hawk. It was just doing what hawks do. Trying to stay alive. I'd keep the rest of your flock under cover for a few days and make sure you have your run covered with netting. If a hawk thinks it can get an easy chicken dinner, it will be back. We have Red Tailed Hawks, Owls and right now we have an Eagle hanging around. You can never be too safe when you have winged predators around.
I am so sorry for your loss. You are not alone. Sooner or later we all loose a beloved chicken. It's never easy.![]()
Plus to add to your excellent post, it's a federal crime to harm a protected species.Yes. Don't hate it Cluck. It ruins life. Trust me, I know from experience.I also get that you want to kill (or do some serious damage to it) it sooo bad. I feel ya there, sister, but don't let hate in your heart. I hated the dog that killed my favorite baby roo for 2 years, and am just recently acctually getting over it. Two years of being the infamous "dog-hater." Never was a dog person, but I hated Kade to the point were I would start shaking with rage just thinking about him. TRUST ME. IT'S NOT FUN.![]()
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Yes. Don't hate it Cluck. It ruins life. Trust me, I know from experience.I also get that you want to kill (or do some serious damage to it) it sooo bad. I feel ya there, sister, but don't let hate in your heart. I hated the dog that killed my favorite baby roo for 2 years, and am just recently acctually getting over it. Two years of being the infamous "dog-hater." Never was a dog person, but I hated Kade to the point were I would start shaking with rage just thinking about him. TRUST ME. IT'S NOT FUN.
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Plus to add to your excellent post, it's a federal crime to harm a protected species.
We have a large flock of red tailed hawks in the timber around our home along with owls of all sorts and sizes and yes, as I mentioned Bald Eagles. For the past three days we have been having an ice storm in one shape or form. The last thing I did before the forecast called for the rain to start was go outside, pen up the chickens and take the netting down. The birds have been in confinement for 4 days now and probably won't be allowed outside until tomorrow when the ice has a chance to melt and I can get the netting back up.
The battle against mother nature whether it be against living predators or the weather is an ongoing skirmish when you have livestock. You have to always be thinking one thought ahead of what 'might' happen and have a contingency plan in mind.
I lost 3 roosters last year not to predators but from individual medical problems. Trust me I didn't love those roosters any less than you did your sweet hen. It hurts and if I could I would give you a big hug and cry along with you. As it is I can only tell you that I do understand and I hope my advice will spur you along to fortify the security around your run. No bird of prey will want to take on netting unless it is seriously malnourished or aged and ill. Personally if one does try to break through my netting I'm going to call the dept of conservation and tell them to come and get their nuisance bird before I turn my roosters loose on it.
Nobody is trying to sound harsh or unsympathetic. I'm hoping you have that net back up because that hawk will be back.
Oh I'd turn anything loose on a hawk. Arrow probably would have protected his girls.... if we ever had a hawk problem, that is. But would letting a roo do his job and fighting that stanking hawk be against the law? It doesn't make sense...Plus to add to your excellent post, it's a federal crime to harm a protected species.
We have a large flock of red tailed hawks in the timber around our home along with owls of all sorts and sizes and yes, as I mentioned Bald Eagles. For the past three days we have been having an ice storm in one shape or form. The last thing I did before the forecast called for the rain to start was go outside, pen up the chickens and take the netting down. The birds have been in confinement for 4 days now and probably won't be allowed outside until tomorrow when the ice has a chance to melt and I can get the netting back up.
The battle against mother nature whether it be against living predators or the weather is an ongoing skirmish when you have livestock. You have to always be thinking one thought ahead of what 'might' happen and have a contingency plan in mind.
I lost 3 roosters last year not to predators but from individual medical problems. Trust me I didn't love those roosters any less than you did your sweet hen. It hurts and if I could I would give you a big hug and cry along with you. As it is I can only tell you that I do understand and I hope my advice will spur you along to fortify the security around your run. No bird of prey will want to take on netting unless it is seriously malnourished or aged and ill. Personally if one does try to break through my netting I'm going to call the dept of conservation and tell them to come and get their nuisance bird before I turn my roosters loose on it.
Nobody is trying to sound harsh or unsympathetic. I'm hoping you have that net back up because that hawk will be back.
Plus to add to your excellent post, it's a federal crime to harm a protected species.
We have a large flock of red tailed hawks in the timber around our home along with owls of all sorts and sizes and yes, as I mentioned Bald Eagles. For the past three days we have been having an ice storm in one shape or form. The last thing I did before the forecast called for the rain to start was go outside, pen up the chickens and take the netting down. The birds have been in confinement for 4 days now and probably won't be allowed outside until tomorrow when the ice has a chance to melt and I can get the netting back up.
The battle against mother nature whether it be against living predators or the weather is an ongoing skirmish when you have livestock. You have to always be thinking one thought ahead of what 'might' happen and have a contingency plan in mind.
I lost 3 roosters last year not to predators but from individual medical problems. Trust me I didn't love those roosters any less than you did your sweet hen. It hurts and if I could I would give you a big hug and cry along with you. As it is I can only tell you that I do understand and I hope my advice will spur you along to fortify the security around your run. No bird of prey will want to take on netting unless it is seriously malnourished or aged and ill. Personally if one does try to break through my netting I'm going to call the dept of conservation and tell them to come and get their nuisance bird before I turn my roosters loose on it.
Nobody is trying to sound harsh or unsympathetic. I'm hoping you have that net back up because that hawk will be back.
Oh I'd turn anything loose on a hawk. Arrow probably would have protected his girls.... if we ever had a hawk problem, that is. But would letting a roo do his job and fighting that stanking hawk be against the law? It doesn't make sense...
But the funny thing is, you know why hawks are protected? Because windmills keep the population down.![]()
I KNOW, RIGHT?!?!?