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any suggestions about hawk foods other than my favorite bantams?

Put up bird feeders.  That attracts alternate meals to the area.
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any suggestions about hawk foods other than my favorite bantams?

any suggestions about hawk foods other than my favorite bantams?

I lost one hen right after another to hawks. The final solution was to
keep the chickens enclosed in a large run area. I then built a 2X2 frame
up above the fence posts high enough for me to pass under. Then strung
nylon clothesline every 18 inches in parallel lines above the chicken run.
The hawks were afraid to fly through the clothesline. It's the only thing
that ever worked for me. Kept the owls out at night too. Hope this helps.
The owls were worse than the hawks. And good luck having enough light at
night to get a good shot at one.

"Garrett Fulton" <lbfulton@alltel.net> wrote in message
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I lost one hen right after another to hawks. The final solution was
to keep the chickens enclosed in a large run area. I then built a
2X2 frame up above the fence posts high enough for me to pass under.
Then strung nylon clothesline every 18 inches in parallel lines
above the chicken run. The hawks were afraid to fly through the
clothesline. It's the only thing that ever worked for me. Kept the
owls out at night too. Hope this helps. The owls were worse than
the hawks. And good luck having enough light at night to get a good
shot at one.

Some people report having luck mounting CD's shiny side up on poles
with enough play that they move a bit in the wind.

Amy Blankenship wrote:
"Garrett Fulton" <lbful...@alltel.net> wrote in message
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I lost one hen right after another to hawks.  The final solution was
to keep the chickens enclosed in a large run area.  I then built a
2X2 frame up above the fence posts high enough for me to pass under.
Then strung nylon clothesline every 18 inches in parallel lines
above the chicken run. The hawks were afraid to fly through the
clothesline.  It's the only thing that ever worked for me.  Kept the
owls out at night too.  Hope this helps. The owls were worse than
the hawks.  And good luck having enough light at night to get a good
shot at one.

Some people report having luck mounting CD's shiny side up on poles
with enough play that they move a bit in the wind.

We are fortunate not to have hawks, our buzzards can be a nuisance with
teenagers free rangings but mostly get put off if we put a curlyque of wire
on top of each fence post as they tend to hunt from posts and not from
flight.

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Jill Bowis

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