HOW TO GET RID OF HAWKS/OWLS

[LVchicks]

I like Missouri better.  People here are too tough to be scared of snakes ands such.

 

[Nambroth]

I like Missouri better. People here are too tough to be scared of snakes ands such.

Sounds like I'd like Missouri better, too.

 

[Lane McCarty]

Anybody know a trapping method or deterrent that doesn't involve a .22?  Beautiful birds, I hate to shoot them.

Try to attract crows because they attack the hawks. So put out some feed for the crows and hopefully they come more often. I hope this helped.good luck!

 

[15littlem]

I've seen lots of stuff about hawks, but what about owls? I've lost about 20 chickens to our friendly neighborhood owl fund, but I can't find anything about keeping them away other than netting.

 

[Nambroth]

I've seen lots of stuff about hawks, but what about owls? I've lost about 20 chickens to our friendly neighborhood owl fund, but I can't find anything about keeping them away other than netting.

Are the owls hunting your birds during the daylight or after/near dark?

The best deterrent against nocturnal predators (and there are a lot of them) is having a secure coop at night.

 

[15littlem]

Both, unfortunately

 

[Nambroth]

You can easily deter night-time and late evening attacks by making sure the chickens go into a secured coop at night to roost. This might require a bit of patience at first if they are used to roosting outside/in trees, but it will save you the heartache of losing them at night to owls and other predators such as raccoons, foxes, coyotes, mustelids, etc.

During the day, protection methods are about the same as protecting from hawks; keep them under a netted or wire-roofed run, or risk losses. A LGD (livestock guardian dog) may help deter owls, and an active population of crows and jays may help deter them, and a protective and serious rooster will give his life to protect the hens, but there is still risk involved.

 

[centrarchid]

15littlem,

Owls are usually pretty easy to manage against. Do as Nambroth suggested and effort to get birds into a coop, 24/7 for short-term, to get so they at least roost in a more protected location. The diurnal losses may be managed according to the hawk species involved and the size / type / age of poultry being lost.

What hawk species is involved or is owl making daytime raids?

Chicken description?

 

[bluejeans]

If you get rid of the owls you wont be able to enjoy owling with your grand kids..And even free rangers should be put up at night any way.. or other land prediators that hunt in the nite will get them .. http://owling.com/introduction.htm


if there are no hawks around
your prize chicken of all will soon become easy pray when one unexspectadly shows up..lots of hawks around gives way to lots of leary and wiser and smarter free range chickens ..Chickens im sure just like ducks will learn the safty areas with lots of hawks around and the smarter ones stay near these safty areas. When big shadows from the sky signal a hawk is near also they will keep alert dozens of eyes looking for sky hawks .. safty areas might be run in buildings a chained dog they are use to brushy areas etc ,,goose or two or turkey or two with them also are of great value ..


radios playing can and can not be a safty area,,

it depending on whom you want to protect the chickens from widerness coyotes or town dogs ..

same with buildings for run ins most wilderness coyotes will not enter a building bob cats and foxes town dogs and racoons often have no problem entering buildings for meals.

thank fuly most of these listed perfer nearer night time hunting excepting the coyotes and dogs hawks falcons and eagles .

if you think you have a young dumb chicken that wanders away a lot into dangerous areas .. seems to me he or she should be in your belly rather than the coyotes or hawks,, since you paid for the chicken and feed,,

 

[15littlem]

I have...had... different layer breeds and EE's. We have 4-5 great horned owls that just really like takeout.