NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

deterrent

More than likey it wouldnt have made a difference ..what you snow blowed ..Once the Falcon spotted it ...it could have trapped it where ever ..


If you can create some hiding places that will shelter your birds and make them less visible from the air. Hang shiny objects from the coop or where ever you can.

May just be a coincidence,BUT

Their run is underneath an apple tree and shaded quite well,i was under the impression that I had pretty good cover.but mother nature has proven me wrong.

Cover is only a deterrent...no guarantee...if it is hungry it will find a way

 

[Gramma Chick]

we have a lot of hawks here in upstate NY.. my flock sees a shadow and they run for cover.. we have plenty of trees with low hanging branches... they are pretty good at running for cover.. luckily i havent lost any yet.. first time chicken mama here.. i'm always doing a head count..

Welcome to the thread !
A smart chicken is a LIVE Chicken..


Also keeping your eyes and your ears open helps

 

[Beer can]

I've had small hawks hide in the tree's and take birds.

 

[Gramma Chick]

OH NO ! Poison in our food and bodies -

https://www.organicconsumers.org/blog/wake-and-smell-poison

 

[Gramma Chick]

I've had small hawks hide in the tree's and take birds.

I have had them hide in trees too ...the flock lets me know they are there ...and I chase them away ...
but not since I put up wind sock s and danglys

 

[Gramma Chick]

Odd Stuff
Pictures taken at a going away party ..

Anyone else see something in this shadow ?

 

[boskelli1571]

Odd Stuff
Pictures taken at a going away party ..

Anyone else see something in this shadow ?

Are you talking about the 'beachball' in the right bottom corner or the odd design in the grass on the left shadow?

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote: the shape of the shadow on the left.. to me it looks like a animal

 

[rancher hicks]

we have a lot of hawks here in upstate NY.. my flock sees a shadow and they run for cover.. we have plenty of trees with low hanging branches... they are pretty good at running for cover.. luckily i havent lost any yet.. first time chicken mama here.. i'm always doing a head count..

Sorry I missed your entrance.

Mine are only suggestions. Lord knows even when we do our best those darn predators find a way to out fox us.

I did buy a cheap twirly thing at JoAnn fabrics a while back and hung it from the cloth pole in the picture. I reckon I should buy a few more and hang them around for good measure. It's been awhile since I've seen an aerial predator.

 

[jstanard]

Hey! I am from Fulton NY, about 45 minutes away from Syracuse.