From what I heard, once the hawks figure out the CDs are harmless, they won't work. But the bird net will.
The people I chicken sit for when they're away had rope criss/crossed over the run but I went over one day to feed them and there was a dead chicken in the run and a hawk on a branch nearby so I assume the rope wasn't enough to keep the hawk out.
What i always think about is, all these things are wild animals and they have to find their food or die. So their life depends on them figuring out all our 'fool proof' set ups and they'll try like heck to get a meal when they're hungry enough.
LOVE that sign!! We had 3 or 4 turkey vultures at the beginning of the summer that would stop by out woods and hang out. Boy, they're huge! I think they were eating the dead raccoons that kept turning up near our backyard. Hmmm... not quite sure where they were coming fromWe have a lot of Turkey Vultures here. We live by the woods and on a gravel road, so there is plenty of road kill for them. About two weeks ago it rained and one of the vultures came and sat on the telephone pole by my barn to air out it's wings. My chickens we inside, and they were chattering and the roosters were growing, and the vulture didnt seem to take any interest in them. A few times I have seen as many as 25-30 flying around in circles over the woods.
We have one large hawk that live out in the woods somewhere, and it occasionally comes flying around our yard screeching and screaming. Whenever I see it I just round up the girls and close them in until it goes away. I think the hawks nest is pretty far away from our house, because I only see the hawk maybe 3 times a year.
Where we used to live we had massive amounts of hawks. We never had any get my chickens, but several times they would fly in circles around my barn. We will most likely be moving in the Spring, and I'm really hoping the new house won't have hawks. We are hoping to find a house with a good amount of acerage for more privacy and so we don't have to deal with neighbors who hate my chickens anymore.I'm sure my noisy rooster labeled us as the "annoying neighbors". We live in the country, and I'm allowed to have roosters here, so people need to get over themselves. If you live in the country, expect to hear animal noises. I keep telling myself I need to get a sign like this one.
I'm still waiting for one of my neighbors to say something about the strange noises coming from my backyard. All my neighbors seem to keep their windows closed even on nice days so I don't think they have heard anything. Yet. One starts the egg song and a few others chime in and it's way louder than any rooster would be! But at least it's not all day like a rooster can be.
Congrats on your first chickies! Hope everything goes smoothly and you have four healthy chicks arrive!
