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To: Paul R.

Had chickens a few times and aside from one smart hen that made it 4 years, they all got killed by hawks. Had three roosters in one batch. All have made it to full size and then got picked off one at a time. Better when I had dogs here but I’m not feeding dogs to get eggs. Might do a chicken tractor so they have fresh forage all the time.


348 posted on 04/16/2025 12:57:03 AM PDT by Pollard (Zone 6b)
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To: Pollard

Friends had a roof on their chicken yard of chicken wire. No trouble with hawks.


358 posted on 04/16/2025 5:12:45 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Pollard

We had a very good natured old dog “adopt us” and that was great (for protecting the chickens) but, yeah, it’s not economical unless you have a lot of chickens. What seemed to help most here was ending up with large roosters with white capes and dark bodies & wings. Apparently the hawks think the roos are bald eagles?


363 posted on 04/16/2025 7:59:21 PM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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