We have hawks and owls. The owls managed to get all of our ducks. The chickens appear to be safe, though. It appears that the branches are thick enough where they perch that owls and the like have a difficult time flying through them. In any case, they are still around.
On 07/24/2013 06:48 AM, CathrynTherese wrote:
On 07/24/2013 06:48 AM, CathrynTherese wrote:
Ray, If your chickens were here you would not have any chickens within a short time. The owls, hawks, and eagles would have eaten them.
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM in Michigan
From: Ray Drouillard <ray.drouillard.lists@gmail.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: chicken pens surrounded by snakes
Our chickens all roost fifteen or twenty feet up in the pine trees.
On 07/23/2013 01:01 PM, CathrynTherese wrote:
> Deb, There was a pair of hawks working the lower up pasture up to the
> coops. I sat still in a chair watching them. When I moved they took
> off. Makes me wonder if one of them is one I went after with a shovel
> last year. When I let my egg layers outside with me, when I go into a
> barn I notice that my rooster calls his hens in! Hawks and eagles are
> our bane along with raccoons and opossums. At night everyone is
> locked up with fans running even though I predator fenced.
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