Yesterday morning we had a very close call with a hawk. While I was out feeding the girls and cleaning the poop board our hens freaked out. As you can see in the video the coop door was blocking my view of what happened. All I heard was our girls let out a warning yelp and scrambling under the shrubs. That's literally all I heard.
I didn't think much of it since they usually get the zoomies in the morning and race around the yard. But this time they seemed really traumatized and wouldn't come out from under the shrubs. It was only later when I went inside that and checked the security camera that I realize how close one of our girls came to serious injury or worse. Poor girls must have been terrified.
Normally the crows in our neighborhood seem to keep the hawks away. But on this particular morning they were nowhere to be seen. Perhaps they were off fighting crime on another street. Needless to say, there was absolutely no warning - the hawk was completely silent. Not only that but this brazen hawk made a go of it while I was standing right there!
Anyhow, keep your eyes out and for predators. It can literally happen right under your nose.
I didn't think much of it since they usually get the zoomies in the morning and race around the yard. But this time they seemed really traumatized and wouldn't come out from under the shrubs. It was only later when I went inside that and checked the security camera that I realize how close one of our girls came to serious injury or worse. Poor girls must have been terrified.
Normally the crows in our neighborhood seem to keep the hawks away. But on this particular morning they were nowhere to be seen. Perhaps they were off fighting crime on another street. Needless to say, there was absolutely no warning - the hawk was completely silent. Not only that but this brazen hawk made a go of it while I was standing right there!
Anyhow, keep your eyes out and for predators. It can literally happen right under your nose.
