Just ran off a hawk!

[Centralflafred]

I was reading a book one time by a Florida song writer who was talking about raising chickens. He said a convicted felon can't raise chickens cause he can't own a shotgun to keep the predators and hawks run off. It makes a lot of sense to me.

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

I have been remodeling the coop for the past few weeks, confining the girls to their run. A hawk was landing on the coop with me out there working. I ran a drop cord to the roof and plugged in the skill saw. I taped the trigger in the on position. Whenever the hawk would land, I would plug the other end of the cord into the house. After the second time the hawk landed, he hasn't been back.

 

[gvntofly05]

The hawks love to hang around our area. My neighbor has a lot of bird feeders and they just pick off the small birds and mice like crazy. I don't want them getting my chicks though.

Now about the vultures they eat mostly carrion and are carriers of disease and bacteria because of this. I can't comprehend why anyone would want them hanging around!

 

[Rennie]

Sometimes im so glad that i live in England .. My biggest fear is the fox .. And even he has no chance ...

 

[yardbird40]

Good arm. I need to get my wife a baseball. We have a bald Eagle hanging around. Every time we see him he gets close to the run. They haven't been out in a few days to free range.

 

[chixie]

I have 6 chickens and several ducks that free range...I live in the woods and have all kinds of predators from cougars, bob cats,coons skunks ,possums,hawks , snakes...ect... and the only thing I have lost was a young chicken my nephews dog pulled thru the fence... saw him do it just didn't get to it intime to save the chicken... I guess that I am lucky and I know that it could happen at anytime...