All States...it's a national law.In many states it is illegal to kill birds of prey/raptors without a permit from the state's department of natural resources/wildlife.
Can't even harass them.
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All States...it's a national law.In many states it is illegal to kill birds of prey/raptors without a permit from the state's department of natural resources/wildlife.
Boy, they are brazen creatures! The hawk that killed my EE pullet last September came back later that same day and sat on the roof of the run, terrorizing the girls that were locked in below.Yep! Cover them up for a while and see what happens. Going to need a roof! I just caught a bird of prey ontop of my covered run yesterday.
Not a falcon, it's a Sharp-shinned Hawk. They eat songbirds almost exclusively, but can take a bird close to its own size and feed off it there. Smaller birds it prefers to fly off with if it can. They de-feather a bird before feeding. A falcon has a different build and is just a broad term/family of birds.I wasn’t sure. Thought maybe a Cooper’s hawk, a Merlin, very common around here, or a Peri Falcon. Thank you!
Be mindful it is unlawful to shoot red tail hawks, and I believe vultures are protected as well. Vultures only go after dead animals so I would not think they would bother live chickens.I have a red tail hawk and vultures now flying over my yard. Starting to worry me . I will shoot them.
Just not true. The Goshawk here breaks necks. Not as a deliberate kill technique but purely from the force of impact and they kill and leave.Hawks love baby birds.....but do not break adult bird necks and leave them. Somebody else did that.
None of those things work for long, if at all...Okay, so fake owls are used to keep crows away and a statue of a heron will keep real herons from eating your mom fish from your pond. Do you think a large, fake hawk posted atop the coop might keep hawks away?! Hmmmm....