How to get hawk away from backyard?!?

[Lazy Farmer]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-garden-methods.1114524/page-30#post-18601474

 

[chickens really]

Buy an Owl decoy.....They deter other birds of prey....

 

[Folly's place]

Please follow up with reports on this plan! Mary

 

[Chickassan]

You better believe I will, I think I can have stuff printed on his belly too I'm thinking "hi neighbors" since they will have a good view and they were nice enough not to raise a stink about my tube man plan.

Please follow up with reports on this plan! Mary

 

[centrarchid]

What is the aversion to knowing the species of hawk? Species is very important.

 

[Folly's place]

I always want to know, and get out the bird books if necessary. Everyone doesn't care, though. Mary

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Hawks are protected, you kill one- HUGE fines and maybe more. it's not worth it.
I don't know where op lives but here in Michigan that is a $1500 fine, per bird. nope..I'm good...I'll just keep my chickens in a tractor.

In ND you are allow to protect your livestock AND there is always the 3 S's --shoot , shovel, shut up

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

You just screamed to the world in violation of the third S.

ah BUT I didn't actually admit to have done such. At least not with birds so far

 

[The Moonshiner]

Since we are dealing with a Federal Case here there are certain things that you should never ever do.

Under no circumstances should you confine a young pullet or perhaps a white pigeon to a wire cage with food, shelter, and water, and then wire and set 3 or 4 small steel traps on top of and around said cage. And what ever you do, don't do this in public view. This is against the law so just don't do it, you may illegally restrain or harass a lovely, freeflying, beautiful, chicken hawk and make him or her late or even actually miss an important appointment.

Also never set your steel traps on a tall fence post. You would be more likely to catch a raptor instead of fox or coon and get yourself in trouble.
Google "pole traps" to see what to not do.

 

[QIA]

I've heard that stringing twine or bailing wire zig zaggy all over the yard works, I don't know, Im a new chicken mama starting Saturday. So I can't verify this.