How to keep hawks from killing your chickens

How to keep hawks from killing your chickens
This is how we prevent Hawk/Bird of prey attacks on our chickens.
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[Joemail]

Just wanna say how much I appreciate how quickly you got into it with your video. No long and drawn out “here’s my farm” segment for 2 minutes. No long intro. You posted your title and got right to it. Thank you!

[lisagayhart]

I like having cover for the hens too. Like bushes, under tables, under the coop. Plants in pots and benches. The wild birds here screech out a warning and my hens run under something

[TheLaLaFarm]

This is a cool idea - I am going to try it out!! I have some CD's from the 80's that are begging to be used for a hawk avoidance tool - like Millie Vanilli and talking heads. 😃 - Rick

[stevenlevernier]

"Now here's that next step finnish cuz" I'm gonna have to agree. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[HighlandHomesteadGoGoMomma]

Just came over from Jans..thank you..this is great..

[tamipauley]

Great idea! How well do the cd's hold up in the rain/weather? I imagine they need replaced or redone from time to time which would really be no problem.

[karemallgood]

I\I tried so many times hanging them up on the trees but it kept falling down cus the wind so this is way better thanks so much

[OldReddingFarm]

that's a good idea ! we had a hawk land up on our run the other day thankfully he wasn't able to get inside!

[martincardone]

Good Morning,
I added DVDs hanging in the tree, foil streamers on all four corners of the run and two crow decoys, no issues with hawks since completing these steps. Fingers crossed.

[avalee]

Thanks so much for sharing, where do u get your black chickens from please sir?

[matthewwilloughby]

Thanks for the advice I’m definitely going to try the cd method 😊

[judithmauldin]

We will be getting our baby chicks tomorrow (hens). I'm trying to convince my husband to fence in an area like you have. That is when they're old enough to put out in the coop and run. We have a deep wooded area on three sides of our property. I do not want the chicks to run off into the woods because we have every form of wildlife imaginable. However, we don't have any Gators lol thank God.
We hope to be able to get black hens but we will not know until they arrive at TSC tomorrow what breed of chicken we will get. Nonetheless, I shudder to think of a hawk or anything else getting to them. How can I convince my husband to fence in the portion of the backyard where the coop/run will be located? Or is it necessary? Thoughts?

[danielstevenson]

That covers daytime, thx. What do you do for night owls? Lock em up I’m sure is the best?

[chriscalfee]

I agree with everything you said except the Dwight Yoakam part. Lol. I try these methods I hope they work for me. Thanks

[NoneyaTexasontheback]

Wow. I gotta try this. I got a persistent hawk

[oldschoolhawking]

I watched this and thought, my son lives on a farm and is a falconer. So I asked him how he keeps Red Tailed Hawks away from his chickens, he said get a big rooster. OSH :-)

[pacificpermaculture]

I'll have to remember these when i do get chickens

[SouthernBlessedHomestead]

Dwight Yoakam LOL Great information, thanks for sharing.

[AlongTheRiverHomestead]

Dang who the hell thought of the CD thing!? Genius! Hmmmm black chickens huh?! We have a bunch of crows & ravens and I welcome them to my yard!

[carelessislanders]

Great information. Thank you for sharing dear friend