My husband went out to get wood and noticed something strange in the silkie pen... he approached it and saw the hawk eating one of my beautiful splash silkies. It flew off... This happened right at dusk. We were getting ready to have Christmas Eve dinner.
As a quick fix and to be able to let them out yesterday, I leaned some sheets of plywood against some straw bales so they have SOMETHING to duck under in the event he comes back. It's very windy out today so I don't think the silkies will want to come out much.
This is the second time in the past 2 months a bird of prey has been by this pen. The last time a barnevelder pullet was attacked and mortally injured. It didn't look like a red tailed hawk that time. It was huge and had a lot of grey so I thought maybe it was something migrating. We also have alot of crows around so honestly I thought it was a fluke thing and wasn't real concerned about it. I am now.
I've been looking on Ebay at poultry netting maybe to put over their pen. Any thoughts? What about the fishing line? My fence is only 3ft high
As a quick fix and to be able to let them out yesterday, I leaned some sheets of plywood against some straw bales so they have SOMETHING to duck under in the event he comes back. It's very windy out today so I don't think the silkies will want to come out much.
This is the second time in the past 2 months a bird of prey has been by this pen. The last time a barnevelder pullet was attacked and mortally injured. It didn't look like a red tailed hawk that time. It was huge and had a lot of grey so I thought maybe it was something migrating. We also have alot of crows around so honestly I thought it was a fluke thing and wasn't real concerned about it. I am now.
I've been looking on Ebay at poultry netting maybe to put over their pen. Any thoughts? What about the fishing line? My fence is only 3ft high