Hawk Update

Hawks have been very dangerous lately.  Recently the hawks have been attacking my chicken coop, and my chickens and ducks.  We have gotten these 2 bigger hawks, that live here.  Some others come for visits.  They first showed up about 5 months ago.  I noticed back in November, that these bigger hawks started to harass my birds.  They were flying over them, and trying to kill them with their talons and beaks.

So, the Hawks got one my ducks a few months ago.  Since then, the ducks and the chickens have stayed in their pen 24/7.  They still get to play in their pen, so they can dust-bathe and get some bugs that come in.  They catch some of the bugs, but it is much harder that eating bugs from a bag.

I have seen the hawks on the tree, and often going to their nest and putting twigs in there.  Sometimes I see them staring at my chickens before flying off to hunt something else.  They would love to get to my ducks but this is really hard.  The hawks haven't really done too much, but they check in every once in a while.  Hawks don't announce their presence like other predators.  You have to keep an eye out to even notice them!  Thank you for reading the Ducky Blog. -Henry