non-leathal hawk deterant

[gpwelding1]

i have been at a loss for what to do to defend my chickens from a hawk.
i was flipping through a cheaperthandirt.com catolog when i found the solution.
they have blanks for 12ga shotguns,as well as bean bag rounds.i have to check the legality of useing the bean bags against a hawk,but the blanks are DEFINATLY legal!
i was told to just save the spent blank shells after fireing at one,incase some one reports it.that way you can show you were not fireing live rounds at a hawk.

 

[Oregon Blues]

I think you'd better read the law more carefully. It is against the law to harass birds of prey and I suspect that firing bean bag rounds at them is harassment.

You want to end your hawk problem? Cover your runs.

 

[dfriloux]

I lost two chicks in three days a week ago. Covered the run and haven't lost one since. The three girls I have left are not terribly happy about it, but, they're alive and that's more than I can say for Gertrude and Amy Rose!

 

[gpwelding1]

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my runs are coverd,but we have been letting some of our chickens free range durring the day.
in my original post i said i had to check on the legality of useing the bean bag rounds,i never said it was legal.or that i,or anyone else should go ahead and use them.
what i said WAS legal is the blanks,which no more harrases them than the marine air horns.
i have sent a email regarding the bean bags to south carolina DNR.

 

[gpwelding1]

also,yes it is against the law to harass birds of prey.BUT,it is legal to defend your livestock from them with nonleathal deterants.now i am just waiting on a responce to my email,to find out if the bean bags fall in that catagory since they are a projectile fired from a weapon.

 

[aprophet]

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this is common misconception but here is what FWS says about it

http://www.fws.gov/forms/3-200-13.pdf

read the instructions skip down to number 5 to see what is legal

 

[bakerjw]

Try hanging CDs in the trees. It is supposed to work.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

i am just waiting on a responce to my email

No need to wait, it's NOT legal to shoot at them with anything unless you have a depredation permit, which you aren't likely to get​

 

[ChickiKat]

so if I yell at the hawks am I harrassing them???

 

[Nicole01]

I won't free range right now due to the hawks! There is a pair of HUGE red tail hawks in our yard and there is another breed of hawks hanging around. My neighbors chickens were attacked 2 weeks ago. Luckily the chicken wasn't hurt!

I'm growing sprouts for my chickens, so they still get their greens. So far the sprouts are growing well!