Relentless Hawk...Help!!

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Maybe you could cover you coop and keep the chicken in there for a couple of weeks.

Once the hawk realises it can not get anything to eat it should go off some where else to find food.

Shooting at it will also frighten it off. Same as any sudden loud noises. If you do it enough it will learn to avoid you coop.

I am not sure you should shoot it with a pellet gun, because that might injure it and not kill it. Then it will die a slow lingering death as it can't hunt.

If you can shoot it, its best to shoot to kill.
 
find a kid in your neighborhood with some good friecrackers. Blowing them off right under where the hawk is will scare the daylights out of them.
 
I've only had chickens since July but today a Cooper's Hawk tried to take one about a minute after I let them out of their pen. They are only 12 weeks old, but basically full sized. There is one that we've been thinking is a cockerel (they were all supposed to be pullets). He went after the hawk and drove it away. All the chickens were fine. Now my dilemma is that I was planning on finding a new home for the roo, but perhaps I really should keep him. Guess I'll wait and see how loud his crow is......
 
Deb B said:
I've only had chickens since July but today a Cooper's Hawk tried to take one about a minute after I let them out of their pen. They are only 12 weeks old, but basically full sized. There is one that we've been thinking is a cockerel (they were all supposed to be pullets). He went after the hawk and drove it away. All the chickens were fine. Now my dilemma is that I was planning on finding a new home for the roo, but perhaps I really should keep him. Guess I'll wait and see how loud his crow is......
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A Good Roo is INVALUABLE. If he already chased away a hawk at 12 wks. he's a keeper. Mine we're much older than that and cowering in the bushes. KEEP HIM!!!
 
My roo was screaming this am.Went out to hush him up,and a hawk flew away.I hate hawks.Hope the eyat a poisoned mouse,or the crows kill them.Noise and red Mylar strips help,but you can't be there babysitting.Sorry for your loss.
 
Well, I camped out for two days with that pellet gun, and he would soar so high up there was no chance of hitting him. Sunday before church my husband let them all out and then hid in the bushes next to the coop. Nothing. I swear that thing knew we were there. Now I haven't seen him at all for 3 days. I've started letting them back out when I'm home. Sooo I am praying that he was a migratory hawk, and that he's moved on. OR maybe the neighbor shot him, he has chickens too, and really likes to use his gun. One can only hope, right?
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I'm not sure it's legal for you to even hope that someone kills the hawk. In case you didn't know it, some "Dimwit-Who-Would-Be-God" decided one day that his ego was big enough that he could decide that killing a hawk was a crime that was so vicious and wretched that one could be thrown int o prison over it, as well as charged a big fine.

Best thing to do is build a secure coop. Reinforce it like Ft. Knox. Wire, wire, and more wire. Hang shiny stuff around til your yard looks like Sanford & Son. If a hawk does land nearby, kindly ask it to leave, as it is illegal to harass these gifted creatures. In the meantime, teach your chickens to avoid hawks. Maybe some Hawk ID FLashcards would help. Gee, I sure am proud to live in such a free country. What a privilege to know that the legal system is keeping an eye on those who would be cruel to hawks. I mean, there are probably less than a handful left, and we wouldn't want anything to happen to them. If the hawk does kill all your chickens, try not to break down and cry. Just accept it that you weren't meant to have chickens in the first place. After all, the Dimwit knows best.
 
jak2002003 said:
Maybe you could cover you coop and keep the chicken in there for a couple of weeks.

Once the hawk realises it can not get anything to eat it should go off some where else to find food.

Shooting at it will also frighten it off. Same as any sudden loud noises. If you do it enough it will learn to avoid you coop.

I am not sure you should shoot it with a pellet gun, because that might injure it and not kill it. Then it will die a slow lingering death as it can't hunt.

If you can shoot it, its best to shoot to kill.
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All predators will move on to greener, or should I say meatier, pastures once they realize the prey is no longer on the menu. Unfortunately the Cooper Hawk does not migrate in winter. It's affixed to your general area but soon will be stalking bird feeders this winter which will give some reprieve though not enough to allow unmonitored free range anytime soon.
 

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