Advice on stopping hawk from killing chickens
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15 years ago
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15 years agoJerri
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How do I stop killing little plants?
Comments (3)There are two possibilities: 1. Your conditions are not adequate for the plants 2. Your manner of depotting and replanting impairs the plants root system. Best remedy is to know the plants and to have your situation suitable. Check out the link below. And check out all the links on the pages. Be sure your conditions will enable the plants to grow well. Here is a link that might be useful: Rob's Plants...See MoreSuet feeders, recipe/ratios, warding off chicken hawks
Comments (16)I make my suet mixture using suet or lard. I melt the fat in a glass bowl in the microwave until liquid. Then I add crunchy peanut butter, which melts in the hot fat. Then I add the dried ingredients - corn meal, flour, oats (usually ground in blender), ground eggshells, crushed nuts, a little jam or jelly, etc. The mixture is about 1/2 fat, 1/2 dried ingredients - maybe a little more dried. I aim for a mixture that is the texture of Play-doh - it clumps together easily for the suet log, but also crumbles into pieces that I spread in a tray feeder. I made the suet log over 3 years ago out of an old red Pine log and glued lots of perches and branches. It did not have much bark on it - which is fine, except that over time the log has darkened quite a bit, perhaps because of the oils in the suet mixture. Also, most of the perches and branches have broken and fallen off. This birds don't seem to care. If you put perches on the log, this will enable many more birds to eat more easily. However, this isn't necessarily a good thing because with mine, it enables the Starlings and Blue Jays to hog the suet log, and it encourages House Sparrows. My suet log is pole-mounted with a squirrel/raccoon baffle, so nothing gets onto the log but the birds. Here's what the suet mixture looks like - Some Bluebirds on the suet log a couple years ago. They don't eat that much on the suet log any more, because I usually spread crumbles in a tray for them....See MoreHawk killed mother Bluebird. :(
Comments (4)Im so sorry, Hawks are a part of the bird world though we songbird lovers wish they were not a part of the life cycel. They are beautiful and need to eat. We all wish they would take more plentiful species. I am concerned that may happen here at any time, not much I can do about it. Is your box under a tall tree cover? Thats about the best you can do. Prayers to you and I hope your surving Male finds a new mate soon!...See MoreA huge hawk is terrorizing my chickens, what can I do?
Comments (2)I realize this is an older thread, but you might want to check out the Farm life forum. Lots of talk about the same issue there. Advice on stopping hawk from killing chickens "I have been reading posts on this site and everyone keeps saying hawks won't disturb anything above 4lbs... I just caught a hawk eating one of my chickens yesterday afternoon." A link that might be useful: forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/ farmlife/msg0515452820753.html?12...See MoreNancy in Mich
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