Hawks after my chickens, what do I do.

[aart]

The roof of a large covered run is the best hawk repellent.

Ditto Dat^^^

This works:

This does not:

 

[cmom]

If you free range you are likely to sooner or later loose a bird. I have had a hawk twice come down and take a bird. Sometimes during hatching season I use melon boxes as brooders. One day while standing next to a box a hawk swooped down and grabbed one of the chicks. One day I was out in my blueberry patch picking blueberries and a hawk came down and killed a adult bird that was in the patch with me. It happened fast but it didn't carry her off probably because I went hysterical but it did kill her.

 

[bikergirl]

Bird netting it’s the only thing that stops our hawks Eagles and owls