Hawk got my birds!

[McPickle88]

NNNNOOOOOOOOO i used to have a princess lay-a

I found her this morning in ok shape!

 

[McPickle88]

****Update****

Princess Leia showed up! She is wounded but not too bad rinsed and put blue kote on it and she is in nesting box.

Camilla looks rough but made it through the night! I rinsed back with warm soapy water and put more blue kote and triple antibiotic on it and left her in sun room with food and water.

Here are photos of her injury. They are blue from blue kote.

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

Sweet girls! I hope they both pull through.

 

[gtaus]

I need advise to know what else to do? ... I had my ducks killed several months ago by a hawk as well with one survivor.

Sorry for your loss. That's why I don't let my chickens free range. I keep them in a chicken run with bird netting on top. So far, after 3 years, no attacks. That is a very good record considering I live on a lake and we have hawks and Bald Eagles overhead all the time.

i'm sorry i hate hawks

Hawks and eagles have their place in nature, and I don't hate them for it. I just protect my backyard flock by keeping them under bird netting in their chicken run. We have black bears around where I live, so I don't leave garbage in cans outside for them to get into. We keep our garbage cans inside our garages so we don't have bear problems. And, unfortunately, we have to lock our doors to keep human predators out. I am much more concerned about people with bad intentions than I ever am with wild animals trying to survive. Like many places, we have too many people hooked on drugs and willing to steal anything to get another fix. I try to hate the sin, and not the sinner.

 

[McChooky]

I feel I have been so blessed to have had no attacks on my chickens in the year and a half I have had them. We built our coop as predator proof as possible with the big metal roundup containers that farmers use wrapped with chicken wire on sides and top with dog pen wire on bottom so nothing can dig.

My chickens have predator proof coops and runs too thankfully.(I spent 6 long months building it out of scrap lumber by myself) My chickens have a camera on them 24/7 to monitor for any threats. I live less than 2 miles from where I grew up. We have bob cats, owls, coyotes, hawks, possums ,minks, snakes, foxes, weasels, skunks and coons so nothings safe running loose here not even pets. My dad chased predators off 40 years and lost the battle but won the war in the end. He chose not to build his chickens a predator proof coop or run due to his age and sold them all .Predators didn't kill anymore of his.I learned from the best if you free range chickens accept the consequences or build them a predator proof coop and run .No predators have ever injured or killed one of mine.

 

[McChooky]

Sorry for your loss. That's why I don't let my chickens free range. I keep them in a chicken run with bird netting on top. So far, after 3 years, no attacks. That is a very good record considering I live on a lake and we have hawks and Bald Eagles overhead all the time.



Hawks and eagles have their place in nature, and I don't hate them for it. I just protect my backyard flock by keeping them under bird netting in their chicken run. We have black bears around where I live, so I don't leave garbage in cans outside for them to get into. We keep our garbage cans inside our garages so we don't have bear problems. And, unfortunately, we have to lock our doors to keep human predators out. I am much more concerned about people with bad intentions than I ever am with wild animals trying to survive. Like many places, we have too many people hooked on drugs and willing to steal anything to get another fix. I try to hate the sin, and not the sinner.

I found someone on my camera a little over a week ago checking my coop and run out around 10 pm at night.He was only there in 2 clips and disappeared.I put padlocks on it all

 

[McChooky]

I found her this morning in ok shape!

I hope she gets better and whatever attacked them doesn't come back but in reality it likely will. November most predators are hungry due to there being less food for them to hunt .

 

[The WinterWolf]

I found her this morning in ok shape!

your darn right you found her

 

[The WinterWolf]

****Update****

Princess Leia showed up! She is wounded but not too bad rinsed and put blue kote on it and she is in nesting box.

Camilla looks rough but made it through the night! I rinsed back with warm soapy water and put more blue kote and triple antibiotic on it and left her in sun room with food and water.

Here are photos of her injury. They are blue from blue kote.

Nasty wound. i had a chicken who had that kind of gash on her neck. it would be really good for her if you kept her in a place where she was comfortable, minimal stress, and no place where she could bump her gash. if she did, i could start bleeding, and that would be bad. keep her away from her flock mates, they will literally peck her to death.
make sure she stays healthy.

 

[esme13]

****Update****

Princess Leia showed up! She is wounded but not too bad rinsed and put blue kote on it and she is in nesting box.

Camilla looks rough but made it through the night! I rinsed back with warm soapy water and put more blue kote and triple antibiotic on it and left her in sun room with food and water.

Here are photos of her injury. They are blue from blue kote.

I’m happy you found your Princess Leia!! Just keep Camilla comfortable and her wound clean. She should hopefully survive. Keep an eye on the rest of the flock, the hawk will be back.