Well this is a 1st. I was in the kitchen a few moments ago and heard chaos under the window. The flock hangs out there in the mornings. I look out and everyone is sort of looking freaked out but no one is moving. So I know the neighbors dog isnt making a raid. I chalk it up to one of the roosters getting too friendly with one of the hens that 'belong' to another roo. No sooner do I yank my head back in the window than all heck breaks loose again. I stick my head back out the window and (I swear this part is true) nearly get my face taken off by a redtailed hawk!! Our house is built into a hill so the kitchen window is about 10-15 feet off the ground. As I turn to avoid the collision, I see that the hawk is chasing one of my full grown hens. The hen is a SLW. Good sized and healthy so no easy prey.
The hawk must have been perched in the tree that grows outside the kitchen window causing the chaos.
What I thought was weird is that ALL of my chickens are full sized. There is no way that this hawk was making off with one of them. AND the fields around us are overflowing with rodents this time of year. What was it thinking to come right to the house and stalk one of my girls? And all 4 cats were wandering around within a few yards of the flock. =/
Geeesh!
Edited for spelling cause I dont type well after stressful events
The hawk must have been perched in the tree that grows outside the kitchen window causing the chaos.
What I thought was weird is that ALL of my chickens are full sized. There is no way that this hawk was making off with one of them. AND the fields around us are overflowing with rodents this time of year. What was it thinking to come right to the house and stalk one of my girls? And all 4 cats were wandering around within a few yards of the flock. =/
Geeesh!
Edited for spelling cause I dont type well after stressful events

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