predator avoidance?

[ericana]

how do you teach them to not get eaten?

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

You can't. It's mostly instinctive. You can provide them with a safe coop and many times they'll hurry to the coop if they feel threatened.

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

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I agree or they will find anything to hide under or find a tall tree to fly into.

 

[cmom]

I agree. When my now big girls were little girls, I had a Red Tailed hawk hanging around. When the girls saw it they would head for their covered run and the coop. They somehow knew there was trouble.

 

[the1much]

a roo ,,, they will tell the hens when to run for cover

 

[packinaglock]

I sawa couple of hawks circle my yard yesterday when I was letting the hens strech there legs. So today I went out and purchased a RIR rooster.