Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[Miss Lydia]

OMG it IS a Buzzard. I just looked it up.

http://wildlifeanimalz.blogspot.com/2012/02/common-buzzard-bird-info-photos.html

Here in the states we sometimes Call Vultures Buzzards.

deb

It is? i have never seen a buzzard then. that would be a hawk over here. I have never heard buzzards called birds of prey.

 

[stonykill]

It is? i have never seen a buzzard then.

lost in translation. We speak American, not English

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
Neither have I. I just looked up Turkey Buzzard and was redirected to Turkey Vulture....

http://www.vulture-territory.com/turkey.html

from the article:

"" Common Name: Turkey Vulture. (Sometimes incorrectly called the Turkey Buzzard. 'Buzzards' are properly broad-winged hawks). ""

Dang Lurn sumtin new every day....

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Great article defining the difference between Buzzard and Vulture and Why in North America we got it mixed up.

http://jenb0128.hubpages.com/hub/Is-That-Bird-a-Vulture-or-a-Buzzard

deb

 

[lrgarden]

A "buzzard" is slang for vulture. In the states we have 3 kinds, Turkey and Black Vultures and the California Condor. The photo here is of a hawk, not sure which species as the front is not pictured. The link provided has incorrect information on it. As a reminder, the Federal Migratory Bird Act protects many species of birds from shooting. http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/
Confining chickens to a run is the surest way to protect them from attack.

 

[bobbieschicks]

Great article. Yes the thing that keeps coming is just like thebuzzard you posted a pic of.

There's no dog. I was politely cursing.

 

[bobbieschicks]

I've just kept everyone in the netting covered run today. He's been here at least three times. Maybe more but those were the only times I saw him. I think he has been looking for a way in so I went out and inspected the gaps. Hopefully I shored it up enough that he won't be abłe to get in.

I wouldn't shot him even if I could. He's just hungry and passing thru. It's not his fault he's a bird of prey. He's just doing what God made him to do.

 

[Johnn]

Now a buzzard knows my hens are there i hope it dosen't come next spring for chicks, but it might not because there will be loads of rabbits about then...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Now a buzzard knows my hens are there i hope it dosen't come next spring for chicks, but it might not because there will be loads of rabbits about then...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Great article defining the difference between Buzzard and Vulture and Why in North America we got it mixed up.

http://jenb0128.hubpages.com/hub/Is-That-Bird-a-Vulture-or-a-Buzzard

deb

Thanks for the lesson Deb. very interesting.