My roosters injured a hawk what do I do?

[triciayoung]

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Put it under their wings and in the vent area.

 

[CHICKENX2005]

I definitely agree with you! but I have a question if you don't mind I don't want to sound rude but if you are who I think you are then this can't offend you. Are you a human?

Hmmm I'm not sure... lol just kidding I'm pretty sure I am

 

[CHICKENX2005]

What breeds are your chickens?

 

[CHICKENX2005]

How big was the hawk?

 

[cherylgladys]

Yay for your chickens to the rescue!!! Great story. I use a product called Saturday Lime - it's a fine powder that I spread in their coop area and it's great also for flies and ants etc. Bugs hate it. My chickens never have mites.

 

[WaterfowlsPoultry]

My rooster Rocky killed a hawk and my uncle just told them Rocky killed it when it was attacking my livestock. They were pretty understanding, I have heard stories of flocks teaming up to take down threats, and one story I saw said a flock of mean chickens beat up the owl that killed and took off with their friend.

 

[PopoMyers]

Impressive chickens!
Your birds likely do have mites now, and in the USA there's permethrin spray, permethrin dust, or spinosad spray. All work fine, your local feed/ farm store should have the permethrin. In mild weather the spray is least expensive and easiest to use.
That hawk was likely debilitated because of it's mite overload, contributing to it's hunting failure. Your birds definitely won that round! Just get the permethrin and treat them, and spray the inside of the coop.
Mary

After discovering and fighting coop mites since November, I have just cleaned out my coop, used a heat gun, and took apart walls. Sprayed the coop with permethrin. Will the spray have residual effects, or do I need to re treat, and when? I have searched everywhere to find the answer to no avail, and seems you have extensive experience. TIA

 

[Folly's place]

Best to spray again, in ten days or so. Some folks spray every seven days, three times in a row.
And check at least a few birds, at night with that flashlight, every week or two.
We have repeated mite episodes here, because we do free range, and wild sparrows will get into our coop.
Mary

 

[Jujubird]

A hawk attacked my chickens. A white splash mix. Anyway my roosters and a couple of my hens teamed up on it and attacked it. I didn't think they could do that. I just looked outside and saw a bunch of flapping and heard a lot of squawking. And when I got to the pen the hawk was on the ground and the chickens were attacking it.
I'm assuming that the hawk came down and attacked the white splash hen and then the other chickens came in to rescue her. Anyway now the hawk is badly injured lay in my chicken run near the coop
I really don't think it will make it. What do I do with it? Do I try to pick it up and put it in the woods and just let nature take its course? Do I get someone to put it out of its misery? It's illegal to kill them but this one's just laying there suffering. Do I need to call someone?

Did the hawk survive? You should have called your state wildlife ranger..

 

[Jujubird]

Did the hawk survive? You should have called your state wildlife ranger..

Cool story, I think about that a lot. We're on 5 acres and a neighbor's dog killed our female Guinea fowl. We've had 3 bear attacks, so now the coop's electrified. We can't seem to find a female Guinea and we don't want 15 of them, lol.