sparrow hawk

[Guest Bonzo]

Well just had my 1st  hawk attak of the year let my 32 pigeon out for the 1st time in about 2 weeks they were out for about 5 mins when it happend and  of all the birds it had 2 kill it had 1 of the best 1s im gutted i was putting it in the stock shed after it had brougth up its young1s in the race shed  

[Roland]

Sorry to hear it!

[frank-123]

sorry to hear you lost a bird i know the feeling

i heard s story last night two lofts next door to each other one guy had his birds out nearly everyday over the winter not one hawk strike the loft next door keeps is in all winter and has lost three birds over the last two weeks

could the birds in the first loft be fitter and streetwise to hawk movements ?

[Guest Bonzo]

my birds have always been gone out in the winter they go out they go out  at different times each day but still  get hit i lost about 3 old birds and 9 young birds  to it last year  

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

MATE I LOST 18 Y/B'S TO IT LAST YEAR SORRY TO HERE IT,I HAD A PERIGRINE G0 THROUGH MY BIRDS AND IT WAS REPORTED IN GERMANY

[Guest paulrstokes]

Sorry to hear Bonzo

 

I had my first on Wednesday.

 

Someone is sending me a CD of an eagle owl.

 

You play it before letting your birds out and apparently it keeps them away.

 

If you PM your address to me I will do what someone has kindly done for me and make you a copy.

 

Thanks again to Kev for doing the CD for me.

 

[Guest]

I agree very much with the posts recommending that pigeons are allowed to fly out during the winter. I believe as others do that this keeps them both fit and streetwise.

 

I also agree that you should alter the times the birds are allowed to fly out, and that if you are unfortunate to suffer an attack, hold the birds in at least the day after, because the hawk appears to return to the site of a kill or near kill on the next day at the same time.

 

Incidently for the second day I've had two / three big uns scout the skies around my loft.  My birds see them before I do (look up head cocked, one eye telescope vision) and   watch them like a hawk   before deciding what action to take.