Hawk deterent

[wilds of pa]

sharp-shinned hawks are very bold raptors, Ive seen them get on the ground and chase there victims(small birds, chipmunks). They stay clear of our full grown birds here. I think our buff roo's would gang bang a sharp-shinned, Red tails like to hit and go by flight.. no loss here by raptors for over 4 years now..coons are my biggest problem here. but i usually get them before they get my pheasants most of the time..

 

[NateinFL]

I've seen them in action before too and they are very quick, like faster than you'd think is possible. Thanks for tip DLS they hang out under my porch/bushes but I think the hawk got under there on the ground and made them scatter.

 

[Azulegg]

Having a dog is another suggestion that someone told me to keep hawks away.

However, when the one in my area comes around, my best bet is to keep the chooks in their yards. A year ago I lost a very nice buff ameraucana pullet thanks to the hawk. Last winter, that thing attacked my chickens when I was in the barn, and my daughter and niece were playing in the horse arena. The chickens were out of their yard in between the barn and the arena and they were not far from my niece and dd and the stupid hawk STILL flew down and jumped one of my birds. The girls ran yelling hawk! hawk! and the hawk flew away. Luckily the chicken was unharmed. I herded the birds back into their area in the barn as the hawk sat up in a tree watching us.

I then went out and threw rocks at the hawk, he flew into another tree and sat there. lol. I yelled at him you are not going to get chicken dinner today, go get some field mice you jerk!! I've only seen him once since then fly over.

 

[lishah2000]

I have two resident owls that are almost always sleeping somewhere on the property and that doesn't deter the hawks at all. I see and hear the owls hunting every night, but haven't had any problems with them during the day.

Covered runs, cds and lots of hiding spots help a lot, but hawks would still visit daily.

The best thing so far has been getting the two grown turkey. We have less hawk visits and they don't stay around as long when they do visit. I also find the ducks seem to notice the hawks sooner than the chickens and can tell which birds are a threat and which are not. If the ducks alarm everyone pays attention.