notinoz, It's amazing what a difference a few days makes! I had a lot of cockerels, too, but there you go.
Thanks, HEChicken. I should give a shout out to DS who heard the ruckus and ran to the rescue. When he saw it was a hawk he grabbed some small sticks and threw them at the hawk and screamed at it. Nice work. He probably saved Frankie's life. She has been such a sweet bird and who would have thought that being raised in among the throngs of birds at Frank's place. The kids had long ago proclaimed that she had "pet" status. This certainly confirms her place among the pets.
I put all of the birds in the house for the rest of today and we will be very careful about letting them back out into the yard. It was warm today but with a fan none of the birds were panting, so they just stayed in all day. They seemed more than happy about it. Poor things. What a trauma. We typically work in the yard in the mornings so for awhile, we'll let the birds out in the morning and put them back in for the afternoon, then let them back out when we go out to rake up the bedding, collect eggs and clean out pens. As long as it doesn't make it into the triple digits we should be able to get by with it with the fan running.