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re: Hawks Killing my Chickens
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:05 am to bpinson
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:05 am to bpinson
We’ve gone from 27 down to one.
The last remaining his the former Beta. He’s now the alpha.
The day I realize the old alpha was gone, I looked at his spur and it grew a half inch since the last time.
Now he’s like 20 lb and got bright green and just walks right up to me side-eyed like::
Coyotes are our problem though.
The last remaining his the former Beta. He’s now the alpha.
The day I realize the old alpha was gone, I looked at his spur and it grew a half inch since the last time.
Now he’s like 20 lb and got bright green and just walks right up to me side-eyed like::
quote:
Feed me that corn, bitch.
Coyotes are our problem though.
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Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:15 am to dstone12
quote:chicken stealing coyotes are easy - especially at this time of year(more worried about pairing up and want easy meals) I made a nice bunch of pocket change as a youngster shooting guinea hen and chicken stealers.... pen up all chickens and stake out a goose or duck wait - they will come(almost always 2 hours either side of lunar major or minor. if you fall asleep the goose or duck will wake you..... and boom.
Coyotes are our problem though.
but an easier method to keep them away. talk radio - constantly 24-7 - human voice (not crying babies or shrieking woment) sends them scurrying - lesson learned many times listening to radio of may partners saying "here comes 2" Feb, March and Aprli in deep south they will almost ALWAYS be in pairs - two for ones. problem is what ever is keeping them in the area usually attracts more(hence suburban explosion). predator decoys also work if they are used to hitting a location(they didn't have those in 70s and 80s.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 2:47 pm to Tigerpaw123
Not a private plane. Government plane. Dept of interior
Posted on 1/15/23 at 3:49 pm to EF Hutton
Hawks are overpopulated and the herd needs to be culled.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 5:46 pm to EF Hutton
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I've heard one can place a tall 4x4 wood post in middle of chicken pen. Set a steel foot trap on top of 4x4 post, and secure it to post. Hawk lands on post to survey chicken pen and is caught. Just run said trap before neighbors wakeup in the morning. The Feds know about that. Once i flew in the Fed cessna airplane to go look for that. The poles were very high. In Amite. We took off in belle chase. The plane was capable of gliding with the engine off. Thats what we did. Killed the engine and glided over the guy’s yard to look for traps.
Well known beagle club got hammered on that
Posted on 1/15/23 at 5:50 pm to bpinson
cover your pen and leave the hawks alone
Posted on 1/16/23 at 6:13 pm to bpinson
Get you a fighting rooster . I had one that ran off several hawks . No one messes with a fighting roosters ladies .
Posted on 1/16/23 at 6:20 pm to bpinson
Several years ago we had the same issue.
Bought some turkey chicks and raised w the chickens.
One turned out to be a gobbler.
He got freaken huge.
Named him skeletor.
Never had a hawk problem again
Interestingly, he hated men.
Loved women.
Always was an adventure when he was around.
Bought some turkey chicks and raised w the chickens.
One turned out to be a gobbler.
He got freaken huge.
Named him skeletor.
Never had a hawk problem again
Interestingly, he hated men.
Loved women.
Always was an adventure when he was around.
Posted on 1/16/23 at 6:31 pm to Bigsampson
Supposedly a male goose will do the same thing. He will guard the chcikens and attack anything that gets close.
Posted on 1/16/23 at 6:57 pm to Jack Ruby
Second the goose option.
Very protective of their territory and flock
Very protective of their territory and flock
Posted on 1/17/23 at 12:31 pm to bpinson
It will be a lot easier to build a pen for your chickens. You're never going to kill all the hawks, owls, foxes, raccoons, possums, cats, dogs, coyotes, mink, weasels, bobcats etc. that will show up for the easy pickings of free range chickens. You most likely have already had multiple animals killing your chickens, and just killing one will do nothing but open of a space for a new one to move in.
Posted on 1/17/23 at 12:43 pm to cattleman
quote:
Get you a fighting rooster . I had one that ran off several hawks . No one messes with a fighting roosters ladies .
Not sure about a true fighting breed but they will frick up a Rhode Island Red. We had one named hank and the wife called me cus a hawk had taken out 2-3 chickens. We kept them in a cover enclosed pen during the night but it opened to a larger pen and sometimes would let them range. I told her to SSS or he would kill them all and sure enough day two he took out ol hank. Hand had almost two in spurs and was a bad arse. Wife said she saw the hawk sitting on the roof of the house, I think he had figured out that once they went in it wouldn’t take long for them to pop back out and he was 8ft over them..
not sure what happend to the hawk but he quit killing after hank
Posted on 1/17/23 at 12:49 pm to bpinson
If its killing your livestock, kill it.
Posted on 1/17/23 at 1:02 pm to Teague
We have a coop, enclosed run, and a large run with 8 foot of fence, but no roof for our chickens. We only let them out in the uncovered run when we are home. There's also some tree cover so hopefully they are slightly hidden.
No hawk issues yet....yet. If it becomes an issue I can put netting over the entire run.
No hawk issues yet....yet. If it becomes an issue I can put netting over the entire run.
Posted on 1/17/23 at 1:04 pm to bpinson
First thing you do is ask the question a public chat forum just like you did, then after you shoot the hawks come back with photo verification and we will let you know the next course of action.
Posted on 1/17/23 at 1:11 pm to EF Hutton
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The plane was capable of gliding with the engine off. Thats what we did. Killed the engine and glided over the guy’s yard to look for traps.
Why did you need to kill the engine? Did you think the guy would hear the plane coming and scurry up the pole to take the trap off?
Posted on 1/17/23 at 1:41 pm to Teague
Mine free range during the day, but I had to coon-proof the chicken house, they were coming every night, two or three times a night.
Have lost several chickens to hawks during the day, but those were almost all white ones. Some leghorns and a few white Bantys.
As far as the Rhode Island Red roosters, they will fight to the death to protect their hens, but they will lose. I’ve lost several that way. Some good ones, too.
Have lost several chickens to hawks during the day, but those were almost all white ones. Some leghorns and a few white Bantys.
As far as the Rhode Island Red roosters, they will fight to the death to protect their hens, but they will lose. I’ve lost several that way. Some good ones, too.
Posted on 1/17/23 at 2:40 pm to bpinson
Get a couple of guineas. They'll protect the chickens from virtually everything. They'll sound an alarm and corral the chickens.
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