That's not a chicken on the fence, it's a hawk!!

[UrbanChick101]

Today we let our chickens visit the garden

for the first time, while the kids and I picked pumpkins before frost this weekend. On the way to the garden, I noticed a large bird, hawk like, flying overhead. We let the girls out for more than an hour. I was catching chickens, and my 9 year old was taking them back to their house. In this time, my husband was up by the garage and my other kids were excited, "There's a chicken on the neighbors fence!!! A chicken on the neighbors fence!!"

I was calling for my husband to come help me get the SLW which don't care to be handled, at all. And he said, he was checking out the chicken on the neighbors fence, one yard over from ours. I was a little confused, knowing the whereabouts of my 6 girls. He said the kids had been telling him the chicken is on the fence... he took a look

and it was a large hawk!! Glad I got my girls all locked up in the safety of their house/pen!! That's a little close for comfort, considering we have lived here 6 years and not had a hawk around ever!! We have only had our girls since August 30!!

 

[roosters4sale]

Hi. Our red tailed hawks are sneaky . They circle over like they are not coming back, but, then they do.

 

[Louise's Country Closet]

Ugh, I dread hawks.. I'm glad your girls are okay!! Mine dive-bomb for cover every time one swoops overhead. We had a hawk once that came down to grab one of my girls and my rooster ran and jumped at it. We were able to get everyone inside before it had a chance to come back, but that was a close call!

 

[swimmer]

Not only do we deal with the daily hawk visits, yesterday I spotted a rattle snake in the yard. Almost stepped on it while cleaning out the coop. I hate snakes in the yard.

 

[desertdarlene]

I don't know what it is, but birds seem to know when something they might like is around and show up all of a sudden.

 

[Lbrad7]

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I can tell you what it is with hawks; they have incredible eye sight and they are extremely intelligent. It's always better to be safe than sorry when they are concerned.

 

[elmo]

Whew! Close one!

I've learned to pay attention when I hear bluejays making a racket. They seem to spot the hawk first, and even try to harass it out of the area. I've seen crows do this, too.