Hawks

[CoalLucker]

I only had a hawk attack when snow was on the ground and the dog was napping... The dog will chase hawks but he is getting old and taking 4 hr naps in the middle of the day. I have a pair of resident red tails that have never bothered my birds, but there is a juvenile and I think it was the one... my turkeys lost some feathers in the hoop coop, not sure if they were in there or went in after it... I am sure it didn't target a 9 month old Nair, most likely was chasing a 8wk chick.... the hens and young were all crammed in the huddle houses terrified for days
I put up flash tape on the perimeter fence and a fake owl. But since the snow melted they have just been hunting the fields as usual .I intend to put up some netting in the open areas when the weather warms. I have a lot of tree/brush cover and places to hide.

i didn't seem to have any problems with these hawks until it started snowing. over the summer the chickens would free range from sun up till sun down and i never saw a single hawk hanging out around my yard. hopefully this hawk problem will go away once it realizes the hens have been locked up for so long and that he isn't going to get any food. im also hoping it will go back to the fields surrounding my area to hunt for mice and so forth.