New pair of hawks

[Eddie Hammer]

The other day after feeding my flocks I started to workout when out of no where a hawk came down to scoop up my chickens. I immediately ran toward it but once it noticed me it flew away, they are extremely fast. Came out looking to see where it went and just disappeared, waited a couple of minutes and noticed another bigger one. They then flew away when they noticed I wasn't going anywhere. This is a new pair of hawk, I am familiar with the hawks around my neighborhood and the past years were a different pair that I knew regularly.

 

[Outpost JWB]

Welcome to the worry side of chicken world. We've all been there several times. Some of us loose sleep over it. My advice is if you've not done so, build a no enclosed run using bird netting for the top. Make sure they are locked up each night. Once they find a good dinner, they will be back. Not sure of zoning rules in your area, but many places it's illegal to kill hawk.

 

[Eddie Hammer]

The good thing about my front yard is it's full trees and bushes where they can hide and get away. Haven't lost a chicken just yet but unfortunately i did loss a chick years ago, don't know exactly what happen to him .

 

[Eddie Hammer]

I have noticed that the cats don't do anything to them at night and day. They have a place to sleep and I don't have a shelter for them they just roam the front yard and I do have a pretty big front yard. I forgot to mention the avocado tree does give them shade and protection.