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Iβll post some pictures of our coop and run when I get home on SundayI lost two to a hawk this week toowe are working on a more predator safe solution so Iβll be following this thread for ideas
I thought the tree coverage would be enough. And we free range them almost every day, and have never had this happen before. Clearly wrong!We have a lot of hawks here......so I did this from the get go, it was a good call:
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Even better. If itβs leagle, put electric wire for the roof, cook the hawk alive, then you have Christmas dinner
It is migration time, so you may be seeing more of them.I thought the tree coverage would be enough. And we free range them almost every day, and have never had this happen before. Clearly wrong!
I think it had something to do with the heavy heavy fog we had. I bet the hawks were having a hard enough time hunting and tried to shut up the chickens. Either way, Iβm going to cover all the bases now.
Not legal to purposely kill hawks here, but we have all kinds of things youβre allowed to protect from using electricityEven better. If itβs leagle, put electric wire for the roof, cook the hawk alive, then you have Christmas dinner![]()
Thank you for the screenshot... I will do that.It is migration time, so you may be seeing more of them.
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I had hoped so too, then after 2 years, I walked into the run to find a hawk pinning down a chicken, eating her alive. Entire thing is netted now. Since then we've had hawks swoop down within a foot or two and then veer off when they see the netting.I thought the tree coverage would be enough.
I bet he was really confusedWe have a lot of hawks here......so I did this from the get go, it was a good call:
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