My rooster killed a hawk!

[Sonoran Silkies]

Just realize that you cannot legally have the hawk stuffed.

My worry about the hawk would be that it might have been ill, which weakened it and prevented it from effectively fighting back or flying away. Quite frankly, you need to call your game & fish department and tell them what you found. It should be tested to ensure that it was not ill. And if it was ill, it might have infected your flock.

Yes, a hawk can easily take a bird twice its size or larger. If the bird is too heavy to carry off, it will eat the bird where caught.

 

[thebirdguy]

I have a friend here who watched his buff orpington rooster kill a red tail hawk that came down on a chick... Just doing their job!!

 

[BeccaB00]

I didn't read this entire thread so

I'm not sure if somones already said this or not,

but hawks will get chickens to stick their heads

through the fence, then they'll snatch them.

They're smart birds.

sorry for your losses!

who needs a gaurd dog!? Gaurd roosters are so much cooler!!!

-Becca

 

[chkn]

That is awsome, the two rooster killing the hawk stories. I know when the rooster has a mind to, they can be very brutal (intent on killing, very premeditated) and the only escape is cover for the head (because they are going for the vitals on the head). So, eyes pecked out...Yep.

 

[buildingmyark]

Oh, how I wish that I had a roo like that! I would be so proud!!! Treats for everyone!!! I swear, I would never butcher that rooster! He's earned his stay!

 

[midget_farms]

I had a red tail hawk jump into the run one day. My rooster kicked the ugliest hen out the door so the hawk wouldn't get him. He's a sissy!

 

[Pidgey104]

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LOL

I can see that "Get out there woman"

 

[easttxchick]

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That ain't right. Hilarious, but wrong all the same.

Toril I'm sure it was the hawk that killed your hen-sorry you lost her, but your rooster is THE MAN!

 

[CMV]

Toril, can I borrow your roo for like... forever? I need a guy like that around.

Extra treats for him today!

 

[theoldchick]

Yeah for Mr. Rooster! Does he have a name?"