One reason I can't let my birds free range...

[sandburRanch]

My grandma's cat would jump on a hounds back if one showed up and ride em' like a cowboy! They'd roll on the ground to get her off and she'd jump right back on! Meanest cat I ever saw!

We had a cat that would take a ride while she was chewing ears and screaming . i didn't think it could be worse but when she had a litter of kittens it was worse .

 

[cluckmecoop7]

A hawk tried to attack my 6 week old chicks when they were outside. Luckily, they were in a covered run and the hawk didn't get to them!

 

[gtaus]

Cool photo! Hawks are beautiful. Beautiful chicken eating jerks lol.

Yep, yep, and yep.

To bad there isn't a way we can get those big meany heads to go away. Like move to another planet..

I just put cheap bird netting on the top of my chicken run. No attacks in 3 years! Hawks are free to do what hawks will do, just not in my yard.

Good on you for looking out for your girls!

Till you turn the table and save the dog owners feed money.No dogs no feed LoL

I like dogs. Better option is to fence in the chickens and get along with the neighbors. Should their dog come on your property and kill your birds? No! But is that worth going to war over? No! Also, fencing will protect the girls from other predators as well. I know you were joking, but I still like dogs, too.

We have Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, and Red-tailed Hawks along with the Bald Eagles that I see almost every day now.

I live on a lake. I have seen as many as 12 Bald Eagles soaring overhead on our lake looking for a dead fish or two, or maybe a chicken free ranging. Not me! My girls are in a bird netting covered chicken run.

One day, while mowing, I saw a big Bald Eagle in my backyard, by the stream that runs through my property, and it was sitting on a big sucker fish, picking away at it. I swear that Bald Eagle looked to be at least 3 feet tall. Beautiful birds, deadly talons and beak! Again, why I don't free range my chickens.

The hawks and vultures are why I put a canopy up and fenced in my girls. Free range is a beautiful thing,but sacrificing my girls is not.

Where I live, we call chicken owners who free range their birds former chicken owners!

A hawk tried to attack my 6 week old chicks when they were outside. Luckily, they were in a covered run and the hawk didn't get to them!

Not luck, just good management skills and being able to think ahead for the protection of your chickens. Love to hear the success stories.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Not luck, just good management skills and being able to think ahead for the protection of your chickens. Love to hear the success stories.

Thanks

 

[JedJackson]

I can't let mine free range, either. Bald eagles, 3 different kinds of hawks, 3 different kinds of owls at least, coyotes, raccoons, possums, and skunks, all looking for their next meal. I really wish I could, though.

 

[Chookchicken]

I had a few hawks at my old place. They’d never get my chickens but would sit on the fence with a mouse they already killed deciding if they wanted to ditch the mouse for a chicken. Luckily I always managed to scare them away.

I can’t let my chickens free range without me out there since we have a massive fox population.