Hawk deterrent

[Bridebeliever]

A few shots at it...near it...but don't actually shoot it because most birds of prey are protected. But if it thinks you are shooting at it it may just leave!

 

[Folly's place]

Lock your birds in their safe coop and run until it moves on; maybe one to three weeks. Mary

 

[centrarchid]

I have dogs outside, but lately we've had a mentally unstable hawk? It just sits in trees and shrieks for the last week. Or swoops at everything dogs present or not. What can I do with that? I really don't know how to get it to move on.

Hawk species important here. It ay not be targeting your chickens especially if staying around for a long time. Do you have lots of rodents or small birds?

 

[ErikaSmit]

I believe it is a Coopers hawk. My husband watched it catch a mole & ive seen it go for the chickens. Its possible it hangs around for other things but this is the first time I've had a hawk hang around with humans outside as well. We can be in the yard and it shrieks at us. We've sent a couple bb gun shots in the air but it always comes back.

 

[AJ83]

I had a red-tail hawk attack one of my blue cochins, she was fine, but is nearly blind in one eye. Luckily, I saw the hawk out there and chased it off. I have since put up netting (we were planning on doing so anyway). I see hawks and crows out here almost everyday.

 

[fire370]

S-S-S

 

[MommaNurse]

Some hawks are relentless. Just today I ran one off twice from the run. But it was too late. He had already taken two of my chooks. Needless to say a top is going on. My Black Maran rooster is learning to be a great alarm. I hate for mine to be cooped up all the time but I've lost more than 5 in the last week. Today is the first time I actually caught the culprit, and it wasn't even on my game cam! It was because my rooster sounded the alarm.

 

[enola]

A few shots at it...near it...but don't actually shoot it because most birds of prey are protected. But if it thinks you are shooting at it it may just leave!

It is just as illegal to shoot "near" a hawk as it is to shoot at a hawk. I know a lot of people do....... But getting caught can cost thousands of dollars in fines AND jail time.

 

[trudyg]

I have/had a hawk that would sit in the tree right on the fence line and swoop down to get the chickens when they settled in by the fence. I took a length of deer netting and tied on long side to the fence and secured the other long side however I could- some areas I could tie with string to nearby tree, others I had to put in one of those t-posts and tie it to that. If the hawk tries to swoop down, the netting should stop him But only time will tell.

 

[puppies9099]

You can shoot a hawk if it attacking your livestock