How do you keep eagles away?

[taprock]

If I see a coyote I shoot at him, same with racoons, possums etc. What do you do when you have Bald Eagles checking out the chickens?

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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LOL Well, they killed one nearby here in a lady's yard who lives right on the river. Ate the whole thing right in front of her kids and their friends who were spending the night. They regularly sit in trees in my yard and watch my birds in their covered runs, and glare at me!

I also live right on the river - I think they'll just take an easy meal where they can get it.

 

[Olive Hill]

Not a darn thing.

If your chickens have cover with bushes, trees, etc. they will (should, anyway) learn to seek it. Round here the bald eagles are hungry enough by this time of winter they're eating road kill and field carcasses right next to the buzzards. Still have never lost a chicken to them though. *knock on wood*

 

[taprock]

We have a bait pile on the back of the property to draw coyotes away from the coop to a spot where they can be shot out the back door. Today it's bringing in the ravens, crows and the eagle. The eagle didn't stick around the bait long but took his sweet time checking out the chickens in the yard... all while I was trying to shoo them into the coop.

 

[halo]

You mean like this guy?

I threw a dead raccoon that I killed out back, and it drew not only vultures, but this guy. I see them on the side of the road more than I do catching chickens. In fact, never had one come down close enough to grab a chicken. They seem more interested in easier prey, like dead stuff.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Eagles prefer to eat fish and carrion
Odds of them killing a chicken are slim

 

[weekend farmer]

I lost a chicken to a Red tail hawk and after the others saw that go down they are wise to them and head for cover. You may loose one but that would be it, they are very good about seeing them and getting to cover whether that is the coop or some bushes. I would worry more about the fox and coyotes up there. I am in lower Michigan and have yet to see the fox or yotes.....my days are numbered! Good Luck!

 

[woodmort]

You know Ben Franklin thought the use of the bald eagle as national bird was a bad idea since they eat carrion and steal food from other eagles and hawks. He thought the wild turkey would have been a better idea.

 

[Clayclay]

Looks like netting and supervision will be my best bet.
Losing hens to an eagle is no fun, but I still wouldn't shoot one even if it was legal.
Thanks, tho.

 

[Illia]

Feed your nearby crows or ravens.

That's about all you can do. With them around, they may or may not harass the eagles into leaving.