Hawk problems

TOOLS1

Hawks are killing Toolbabes chickens. I found another pile of feathers today where one got a chicken. At any given time I can spot 3 circling around here.
I hate these things.
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headzilla97

shotgun shovel forget

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bigdaddyjunior

Only $5000/bird to shoot them. We are infested with them. There are hundreds if not a few thousand in this county alone, but because they are endangered we can't thin them out. The predatory bird protection doesn't take into account the redtails are a fast breeding adaptable bird.

Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems

Compact_Kid

What is a hawk? Never really seen one in person[:D]

PATBUZZARD

Shoot, Shovel,Shut up....

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gap1916

They are doing what god intended. Maybe a chicken cage? my 2 cents

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Rafter-S

We also have lots of hawks and owls so we keep our chickens in a pen with a wire top. Haven't lost one yet.

The downside to getting rid of the hawks and owls is you will have an abundance of mice and rats.

Take your pick.

Rafter-S

Invicta

how can't u like hawks? they are beautiful birds.

plains scout

When man takes a predator and protects it, it only makes a braver and more confident predator. They are thick, but Feds still think they need protection. Man fooling with nature again.

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character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of
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interstatepawnllc

God I love the raptors!!


JC

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jsergovic

The chickens have free range over the property around the house and are like pets (until one ends up for dinner, YOUR dinner)?

An aviary sounds kinda expensive...

kalifornian

http://wildlifedamage.unl.edu/handbook/handbook/allPDF/bird_e53.pdf

Also, I've read good mature roosters help protect the flock by keeping an eye for attacks from above and emmitting a warning cry to tell the hens to take cover.

I've also read that people who keep a few guinea hens with their free range chickens have better luck as the guinea hens are alert and make lots of warning noise when they feel threatened. If the chickens are reasonably smart for a chicken, they hear the noise and take cover (though it will take them some time to learn this).

Shooting the hawks can get you into all kinds of trouble.




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woodshermit

You didn't say that you actually saw a hawk kill one of your chickens. There are a number of critters that could be responsible for piles of feathers.

select-fire

Once they locate the chickens and eat at the buffet the hawks will return. Usually daily.

bigdaddyjunior

I have a Great Horned Owl that lives in my woods. He was good for a full grown chicken every couple of days. I'd find a couple of feathers and that's it. Took me a while to figure it out. I caught sight of him one day looking at me on the tractor from way up in a split pine tree. When he knew I'd spotted him he took off. What a huge bird! I never begrudged him a chicken now and again. It was worth it just to have such a magnificent creature on the place.
Those redtail hawks are everywhere though. I shot a quail once and before it hit the ground a hawk swooped down and snatched it out of the air. They know that the shotguns going off means dinner and that we are not allowed to shoot them. The raptor law needs to be breed specific I think.

Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems

Ronald J. Snow

In the past we have raised geese along with ducks and chickens. Owls were the problem until they tackled a goose; end of owl. Try a couple of geese and perhaps that will help; if not, they are fairly good eating.

4GodandCountry

Hawks are visual predators and have extremely good eye sight. If you have something that * in the breeze and moves constantly that will help deter the hawks. Get yourself a few aluminum pie pans, some twine, get a couple of good long sticks with a limb sticking off the side, stick the stick in the ground and tie a piece of twine to the limb, poke a hole through the edge of the pie pan and tie the loose end of the twine through the hole. The wind will kick that pie pan all over the place and help keep the hawks at bay. Do you need cover for your chickens to get under and hide, bushes and shrubs work good but so will a small lean too. Last but not least a good rooster will make a big difference. We allways had big mean roosters that wouldn't let any animals around the hens. Cats, dogs, most people, anything that came within their territory got flogged.

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