What do I do

[jayke563]

hello I have three 7 week old hens and a adult rooster and they all walk around the yard and one night I heard my rooster going nutts it was just starting to get dark and I looking the the trees and there was a huge hawk eyeballing them what do I do to get rid of this hawk it keeps coming back and I scare it away and it keeps coming back every time thank you

 

[sourland]

Realistically there is little that you can legally do to the hawk. They are a federally protected bird. Provide hiding places for your birds, pen them in a covered pen when you can not guard them, free range them only when you are there or realize that when free ranging losses are to be expected.

 

[drumstick diva]

Agree with Sourland.

You could get a livestock guardian dog, raise and train him and hope it works out. Or you could keep them in a covered run. Free ranging exposes them to all predators - some much more destructive than a hawk.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

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