Will Goats protect chickens from Hawks?

[shannara200]

Hello everyone, I wanted to find out if anyone knows if goats will protect the chickens from hawk attacks if they live together. I have a very large fenced in area connected to my chicken coops run, its big enough for me to build a small goat house and keep 2 or 3 goats. I wanted to find as much information as possible about goats, chickens and ducks living together.

 

[Jenessa_096]

I have seen videos of a goat protecting chickens from a coyote but I’m not sure about hawks

 

[BlueBaby]

 

[Jenessa_096]

That rooster was brave!!! So was the goat!

 

[50-45-1]

I dont have any advice or life experience with goats, but I had a neighbor who had a small pig. It shared a building with its own section. The other section housed a flock of chickens. A small opening kept the pig out of the chicken area. It had a larger opening for everything to go in and out to a free range situation, open all year with no door.
Now this would seem to be an invite for every chicken eating critter in the area to come for dinner in my opinion....but.., he never had a problem with day time or nighttime preditors. I looked it over and it left me bewildered and scratching my head.
I am not promoting this kind if set up by any means, just telling the story as I saw it.
I live a half mile away and was always loosing chickens to something or other
Then after 7 or 8 years, The pig died.
Then he started loosing chickens, untill eventually within a few months, he had none left.
Was there something about the pig that coyotes, foxes, racoons, opossum, weasel, mink, etc did not like?
Maybe the smell.
One small pig with a large area to me, had no aroma like confined pigs do.
Was the pig actively protecting the chickens?
Maybe some pig owners can shed light on this for me.
For your situation, I dont think a goat will be a deturent for a hawk tho.
I've had them swoop down and snatch a chick from its broody mother 6 feet from where i was standing.
Over head netting seems to be the only truly effective way to keep them out of the chickens area.
Good luck and enjoy your goats and chickens.

 

[McChooky]

I have seen videos of a goat protecting chickens from a coyote but I’m not sure about hawks

Hello everyone, I wanted to find out if anyone knows if goats will protect the chickens from hawk attacks if they live together. I have a very large fenced in area connected to my chicken coops run, its big enough for me to build a small goat house and keep 2 or 3 goats. I wanted to find as much information as possible about goats, chickens and ducks living together.

My brother has about 30 goats and keeps a donkey to protect them from large predators like bears and coyotes. I would think twice about using goats to protect my chickens and ducks since they need protected themselves. https://www.pestshero.com/coyotes-attack-eat-goats/

 

[McChooky]

I dont have any advice or life experience with goats, but I had a neighbor who had a small pig. It shared a building with its own section. The other section housed a flock of chickens. A small opening kept the pig out of the chicken area. It had a larger opening for everything to go in and out to a free range situation, open all year with no door.
Now this would seem to be an invite for every chicken eating critter in the area to come for dinner in my opinion....but.., he never had a problem with day time or nighttime preditors. I looked it over and it left me bewildered and scratching my head.
I am not promoting this kind if set up by any means, just telling the story as I saw it.
I live a half mile away and was always loosing chickens to something or other
Then after 7 or 8 years, The pig died.
Then he started loosing chickens, untill eventually within a few months, he had none left.
Was there something about the pig that coyotes, foxes, racoons, opossum, weasel, mink, etc did not like?
Maybe the smell.
One small pig with a large area to me, had no aroma like confined pigs do.
Was the pig actively protecting the chickens?
Maybe some pig owners can shed light on this for me.
For your situation, I dont think a goat will be a deturent for a hawk tho.
I've had them swoop down and snatch a chick from its broody mother 6 feet from where i was standing.
Over head netting seems to be the only truly effective way to keep them out of the chickens area.
Good luck and enjoy your goats and chickens.

I rescued a rooster 2 months ago from a man who keeps his birds with his pigs but if I hadn't been desperate I would have turned my truck around and handed him that rooster right back! I gagged from the stench all the way home !He still stinks! No thanks!

 

[Chickma2022]

Sucks and chickens should not be together. A male duck can kill your hens if it tries to mate with is. Their penis will pull their insides out!

 

[centrarchid]

Google the following terms “goat Hawk attack chicken video”

 

[Weeg]

This is exactly what I was going to add!