Hawks

[rmonge00]

My laying hens are getting crushed by a hawk this winter. He is taking about one a week at the moment and I am not sure what to do. He seems to hide in these dense trees that the chickens also like to hide in and he attacks them there. Is there anything I can do to get rid of a hawk. I really want to keep free-ranging my hens...

Thanks!

 

[hunt]

shoot the hawk and dont tell anyone

that will take care of him for sure.

 

[redsoxs]

Wouldn't want you to get into big $$ trouble by shooting a protected species. When I have hawks around - I will shoot into the air or in a tree beside them to spook them off. This usually does the trick for me. Good luck to you!

 

[hunt]

yeah he is right i would not want to get you in trouble I was just saying what I would do

 

[blucoondawg]

Funny, my posts get deleted and I get scolded and sent a copy of the forum rules for giving good, common sense advice such as this

 

[hunt]

what do you mean?