Hi Joanne! After we had her wing wrapped up to her body for about 2.5 weeks she is no longer acting in pain and the wing looks nice and strong and she is able to flutter around like she could before. She is now acting completely normal and hanging out with the rest of the flock! That was originally my first thought too.. We are so glad she has made a full recovery. It has been about 3.5 weeks since the attack now.
@@thewalkerfamilyfarm You need to protect them from aerial predators. I have the same coop from Tractor Supply, my husband built a 20' x 20' run around our coop that is topped with aviary netting. I do let mine out, I'm out there guarding them like a rooster would (ours was killed by a bobcat years ago).
@@Cindy75K I do have about a 13' x 50' area for them to forage around with aviary netting over top. So I think this will need to be their foraging ground for a little while. We have 9 chicks that are about 5 weeks old now. I know at least one of them are a rooster. I am hoping that will help provide some protection for when we decide to re-open the girls up to open ranging through our "dog yard", which is where this attack occurred. This is our first hawk attack. We are lucky the girls have been able to forage without an attack sooner. (they are coming up on 2 years old in Feb)
I’m am so happy Henrietta made it through that rough ordeal with the hawk. Thanks for sharing your video on how you treated her. I was thinking vet at first but you both treated her perfectly, especially since there were no open wounds etc that you examined her for. Predators are a tricky subject for sure. We have 8-girls in our flock. Honestly, knock on wood, we have been fortunate from the aerial predators. We live next to a detention pond and open space. There are hawks and occasionally have actually been in the tree next to our yard scoping out the girls. Our free range area is our back yard. Like you, we have a covered run. Then of course there is the risk once they are actually free ranging. In our back yard we have a couple of octagon companion structures that they can run into for cover and they like hanging out in them. We have a small Maltese dog that hangs out back with them as well. The wife does daycare at home so that probably helps in our situation as she can act quickly when she hears an unusual noise. When we leave the house we put them in the run to keep them safe. Of course everyone’s situation is unique to where they live as you know 😊. I was reading other’s comments on here and I have not tried tying wire lines back and forth. We did try a fake owl to deter but I believe you need to move it to a new location after a few days as the Hawks do get wise to it. Again so Happy for Henrietta ❤ us chicken parents love our flocks. 🥰
Very true. It unfortunate for the girls since they are the ultimate prey without a rooster. We have at least one rooster growing up now (we just got 9 chicks) but he is going to need some help with 15 hens 🤣
I can't have chickens here due to space constraints and partially my mobility issues. /But I have been trying to gather up information for when things change. One thig I have seen other folks do is to string wire or fishing line in random crisscross patterns across the tops of their fence line (when it doesn't make it inconvenient for people to move around). I can't tell if you have enough height on your fence to do that. But there are other suggestions on YT. Best wishes. PS another channel noticed that they don't get many hawk attacks because they have some black hens, crows will drive off hawks, and the black hens cause the hawks to shy off.
Thank you! I have seen those, we do have about a 13 foot x 50 foot section of run they are protected from hawks. However on the rest the fence is only 4' tall with 5' of post sticking out of the ground. Due to our septic system being elevated it would only give about 3 foot of clearance for cutting the grass. So unfortunately the overhead wires probably won't be an option. 😔 I do appreciate the suggestion! I thought about trying a solar rotating owl head and maybe trying old hanging cds in different areas. I will not be letting the girls out of that smaller run I mentioned until we implement a few possible solutions. Funny enough, since the attack I have seen the hawk come back but we do have a lot of crows and they have been chasing it off 😁 Thank you for the tips!
Take her to the vet immediately !
Hi Joanne! After we had her wing wrapped up to her body for about 2.5 weeks she is no longer acting in pain and the wing looks nice and strong and she is able to flutter around like she could before. She is now acting completely normal and hanging out with the rest of the flock! That was originally my first thought too.. We are so glad she has made a full recovery. It has been about 3.5 weeks since the attack now.
@@thewalkerfamilyfarm You need to protect them from aerial predators. I have the same coop from Tractor Supply, my husband built a 20' x 20' run around our coop that is topped with aviary netting. I do let mine out, I'm out there guarding them like a rooster would (ours was killed by a bobcat years ago).
@@Cindy75K I do have about a 13' x 50' area for them to forage around with aviary netting over top. So I think this will need to be their foraging ground for a little while. We have 9 chicks that are about 5 weeks old now. I know at least one of them are a rooster. I am hoping that will help provide some protection for when we decide to re-open the girls up to open ranging through our "dog yard", which is where this attack occurred. This is our first hawk attack. We are lucky the girls have been able to forage without an attack sooner. (they are coming up on 2 years old in Feb)
I’m am so happy Henrietta made it through that rough ordeal with the hawk. Thanks for sharing your video on how you treated her. I was thinking vet at first but you both treated her perfectly, especially since there were no open wounds etc that you examined her for.
Predators are a tricky subject for sure. We have 8-girls in our flock. Honestly, knock on wood, we have been fortunate from the aerial predators. We live next to a detention pond and open space. There are hawks and occasionally have actually been in the tree next to our yard scoping out the girls. Our free range area is our back yard. Like you, we have a covered run. Then of course there is the risk once they are actually free ranging. In our back yard we have a couple of octagon companion structures that they can run into for cover and they like hanging out in them. We have a small Maltese dog that hangs out back with them as well. The wife does daycare at home so that probably helps in our situation as she can act quickly when she hears an unusual noise. When we leave the house we put them in the run to keep them safe.
Of course everyone’s situation is unique to where they live as you know 😊.
I was reading other’s comments on here and I have not tried tying wire lines back and forth. We did try a fake owl to deter but I believe you need to move it to a new location after a few days as the Hawks do get wise to it.
Again so Happy for Henrietta ❤ us chicken parents love our flocks. 🥰
I have a Henrietta too, she's a Starlite green egger.
So cool! We love our girls and enjoy watching them live their best life. 😁
Turns out humans aren't the only animals that like chicken.
Very true. It unfortunate for the girls since they are the ultimate prey without a rooster. We have at least one rooster growing up now (we just got 9 chicks) but he is going to need some help with 15 hens 🤣
I can't have chickens here due to space constraints and partially my mobility issues. /But I have been trying to gather up information for when things change. One thig I have seen other folks do is to string wire or fishing line in random crisscross patterns across the tops of their fence line (when it doesn't make it inconvenient for people to move around). I can't tell if you have enough height on your fence to do that. But there are other suggestions on YT. Best wishes. PS another channel noticed that they don't get many hawk attacks because they have some black hens, crows will drive off hawks, and the black hens cause the hawks to shy off.
Thank you! I have seen those, we do have about a 13 foot x 50 foot section of run they are protected from hawks. However on the rest the fence is only 4' tall with 5' of post sticking out of the ground. Due to our septic system being elevated it would only give about 3 foot of clearance for cutting the grass. So unfortunately the overhead wires probably won't be an option. 😔 I do appreciate the suggestion! I thought about trying a solar rotating owl head and maybe trying old hanging cds in different areas. I will not be letting the girls out of that smaller run I mentioned until we implement a few possible solutions. Funny enough, since the attack I have seen the hawk come back but we do have a lot of crows and they have been chasing it off 😁 Thank you for the tips!
No they're smart, buy aviary netting that could hold 85 lbs or more.
I buy darker hens, the white or light colored hens are easier to spot through the tree limbs from aerial predators.