Lost our first duck yesterday to a Hawk

[gander007]

Maybe a raven would work as when the ravens are around my house I never see the hawks ......


gander007

 

[Miss Lydia]

Maybe a raven would work as when the ravens are around my house I never see the hawks ......


gander007

Crows too although crows don't seem to be around as much in the winter as they are in warmer months. but I have seen crows bombarding hawks.

 

[arnaudgf]

We lost our drake today going to keep the girls inside until I get the tape or figure out something :/

 

[gander007]

Crows too although crows don't seem to be around as much in the winter as they are in warmer months. but I have seen crows bombarding hawks.

Well I do encourage mine to stay as they do eat my cracked corn and the yard is quiet
except for the Geese,Ducks, Genies and chickens other then them making noise all
day long it is relatively quiet ......

 

[Miss Lydia]

We lost our drake today

going to keep the girls inside until I get the tape or figure out something

Was it the hawk? so sorry, and yes keep them up till you get the tape.

 

[arnaudgf]

Yeah it was the Hawk from what we can tell.

But Tron did put up a fight before dying as there were feathers all over the place (and I don't think they were only duck feathers). Hopefully he taught the hawk a lesson and kept his girls safe. It seems the fight started in the pen but ended in the duck house.

I let the girls out for a little bit this morning while I was in the pen but locked them back up with food and water for the day. I don't feel like losing anymore.

 

[arnaudgf]

Good for you, be sure to follow directions, I used gorilla tape on the end before screwing them into the wood for support they say duct tape but I didn't have any. this is how I did it over the area the flock likes to hang out in.
if you look to the right of the building with the goose on it and wash tubs you'll see one of the streamers I made that's the one that scared the geese. since then we have put up more straight line tape and also added more streams to tree branches that blow real well in the wind.

Nice set up.
Thank you for the tips
I should get the tape next week. In the mean time I'll either keep the girls in or put some CDs up and had cover in the pen.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Yeah it was the Hawk from what we can tell.

But Tron did put up a fight before dying as there were feathers all over the place (and I don't think they were only duck feathers). Hopefully he taught the hawk a lesson and kept his girls safe. It seems the fight started in the pen but ended in the duck house.

I let the girls out for a little bit this morning while I was in the pen but locked them back up with food and water for the day. I don't feel like losing anymore.

That's a brave hawk to go inside the duck house goodness, desperation for food. So sorry and hope you get the tape soon.

 

[ducksinarow]

I bought a mesh shade tarp of ebay. Make sure it is mesh so the rain will go thru. You can get huge sizes cheaply. Tied it on with cut up hangers. We have hawks and owls and it keeps them out. Bird netting does nothing they can fly right thru that.

 

[Snowflower]

We started losing chickens - nearly one every day - until we strung strands of orange bailing twine back and forth above the pen. Haven't lost one since. They individual strands are about two feet apart. Hawks won't try to fly between them.

I am now getting into ducks and trying to figure out how to protect them from above when they are out on the pond. It's too big to string twine across.