How to scare away hawks?

[Member 671655]

Has anyone had success? One of my amberlinks at her old home was attacked by an owl and when she sees a hawk she goes insane bawking and tryinf to scare it off, it works, but I’d rather not further traumatize her. Are there natural methods of scaring them away?

 

[DLA]

When I start seeing a hawk hanging around I take them on supervised walks around the yard or if I can't then I keep them in their covered run till the hawk moves on. I've been told by several people that having a black chicken or two in the flock is a deterrent because hawks don't like crows so they avoid black birds but I can't say if that's true or not. They also make avian netting you can put up over an area but those don't always hold up well if there's a lot of leaves weighing them down in fall or freezing rain in winter. I don't really know of any way to scare them away that wouldn't also scare your chickens.

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

i can say that having black chickens doesnt work, at least not for me. Hawks kept carrying off hens from our all black flock a couple years ago and our mixed flock with a couple black ones has been hunted a couple times too. I'd just keep them inside an inclosed run until it moves on.

 

[Member 671655]

We don’t have a run at all. But thanks for the suggestions. We only have a run for our meat birds. The other birds have a free range of our yard. We have a mixed flock. I guess we’re just gonna have to depend on our roosters and keep a closer eye

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

We don’t have a run at all. But thanks for the suggestions. We only have a run for our meat birds. The other birds have a free range of our yard. We have a mixed flock. I guess we’re just gonna have to depend on our roosters and keep a closer eye

thats the best luck i've had, having a rooster and a place that they can run underneath when he alerts them

 

[Member 671655]

thats the best luck i've had, having a rooster and a place that they can run underneath when he alerts them

Right. They have bushes as well as under or inside the coop where they can run in our yard. Our neighbors watch too.

 

[Sierra67]

When I start seeing a hawk hanging around I take them on supervised walks around the yard or if I can't then I keep them in their covered run till the hawk moves on. I've been told by several people that having a black chicken or two in the flock is a deterrent because hawks don't like crows so they avoid black birds but I can't say if that's true or not. They also make avian netting you can put up over an area but those don't always hold up well if there's a lot of leaves weighing them down in fall or freezing rain in winter. I don't really know of any way to scare them away that wouldn't also scare your chickens.

I have black ducks and hawks don’t even fly over for long

 

[Member 671655]

I have black ducks and hawks don’t even fly over for long

Our black ducks and austrolorps didn’t deter it

 

[igorsMistress]

The only thing that keeps hawks away is a covered run. People have supervised free range time and had coyotes and hawks come right on out and snatch a bird while the person was right there. Black chickens don’t make a difference, I’ve had a hawk in my yard go after them. Build a run, otherwise your hen that screams and hollers is your best weapon, she’s wise to watch the sky and will warn the rest of your flock.

 

[Member 671655]

Thankfully it’s just a fly by. There have been no attacks so far.