HEN ATTACKED BY HAWK (graphic images)

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Wyorp Rock said:
They might like a scarecrow to perch on.
If a human moving about in the yard with the chickens doesn't deter a determined Hawk, I don't see how a stationary Scarecrow would be of benefit.
Hawks can see Black Chickens just as well as any other color. Tall weeds and bushes can make good cover, but Hawks sit in trees and observe their prey....for days, every day (study movements, times, habits).
They can land and just walk right under that bush, under that building/hiding place or wherever and attack (Yes, Hawks can walk). They are also very good at just taking a dive and driving their prey right into the ground with pinpoint accuracy.
When Hawk activity is high, the only assurance of deterring an attack is to keep birds penned in a secured area that a Hawk (or predator) can't get into. Anytime chickens are loose and roaming, there's a risk that a predator will take them or attack. Sorry, that's just the way it is.
Of course, this is only my personal firsthand experience when dealing with Hawks and other predators, so it's possible someone may offer something more positive.
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Yeah I agree. I was standing just a couple feet away from the hawk and it was still hopping around the coop/run. I haven't seen that many hawks around recently, but it may be because of the heat that they're not coming out to hunt.
 
We live on a farm surrounded by wooded area. The red tail hawks we have around here can be more common during warm weather and while the young are being raised. Our chicken yard had 5 evergreen trees that our chickens always got under, and even roosted on the low branches. The hawks would swoop down or stay perched in trees watching them. The head rooster would call out when one was spotted, and the hens would run for cover. Even with me standing out in the yard staring or making noise, the hawks were not deterred. They usually would go away with the chickens huddling under the tree, until the coast was clear. Even so, I lost a few over the years on the ground during free ranging. A poor sighted polish who would not heed the rooster alarm call, was eventually decapitated by 2 hawks who ganged up and forced her head through the chainlink fence. The hawks had been around earlier in the day. Even with losing a occasional bird once or twice a year, my chickens loved free ranging and moving about the yard, so I could not pen them inside a run during the day.
 
Eggcessive said:
We live on a farm surrounded by wooded area. The red tail hawks we have around here can be more common during warm weather and while the young are being raised. Our chicken yard had 5 evergreen trees that our chickens always got under, and even roosted on the low branches. The hawks would swoop down or stay perched in trees watching them. The head rooster would call out when one was spotted, and the hens would run for cover. Even with me standing out in the yard staring or making noise, the hawks were not deterred. They usually would go away with the chickens huddling under the tree, until the coast was clear. Even so, I lost a few over the years on the ground during free ranging. A poor sighted polish who would not heed the rooster alarm call, was eventually decapitated by 2 hawks who ganged up and forced her head through the chainlink fence. The hawks had been around earlier in the day. Even with losing a occasional bird once or twice a year, my chickens loved free ranging and moving about the yard, so I could not pen them inside a run during the day.
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Which is why my yard is surrounded by electric and covered with aviary netting. It's not huge atm, though, so I call it "foraging" as opposed to actually "free ranging." It's only about 650 sq ft or so. I am expanding it to about 1600 sq ft soon.
 
Her vent randomly started dripping blood when I went to check on her, which kind of confuses me since I didn't do anything out of the ordinary to it. I washed her vent and the poop stuck to it and the is beginning to loosen up though not completely.
 
Sunny the Chicken said:
Okay so we got the hawk into a box and we're planning to transport it super far? I hope that will work
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Oh, be careful with that. Hawks are federally protected. Maybe that hawk is injured and you found him acting strangely in your yard? Maybe he needs to go to a wildlife care organization? Are you picking up what I'm putting down?
 

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