Nature!!!!! All things have to eat. At least the Hawk didn't kill for "sport". Get a tougher rooster. Ours would fight for his hens. A turkey would do the same as well.
This is disgusting! Why the heck did you not go out there and chase the hawk away. I have chickens and had to chase a hawk away from them a few times. Why would you just stand there and video tape it, instead of helping the helpless creature. People like you don't deserve to own animals. Talk about animal abuse. I just might send this video to the humane society!!!!
@Mommy1661 - go ahead. As I posted 9 months ago: I didn't call the hawk up and invite him over. I was in the house, cooking dinner, when I heard the Guineas making their "Invader Alert" noise. By the time I got to the door, it was already too late to do anything for the chicken- so, I filmed it. It was already too late to save the chicken - that means it was already near dead - that means that it would not have done any good to chase the hawk away. Got it?
@Mommy1661 you can't do anything about this idiot, its a felony if you kill one, even if you keep a hawk or falcon feather its a felony. So imagine what would happen if you hit the hawk, peta would have you arrested. Besides the hawk would have eaten something the same way it did here, slowly.
Yes, I know I use to raise them when I lived on the farm. We did not have problems with hawks. They were few and far between. We had problems with red foxes and sometimes with racoons.
@peshewa0529 - The chickens are not a part of my livelihood. I still have never seen another hawk since that one day. I eat the eggs. That's about it.
It's part of the hawk's livelihood too. Chickens reproduce like crazy and are fairly cheap at a farmer's market and don't take very long to get adult-sized. The hawk is just doing what nature designed it to do: kill to survive. What better target than a dumb and flightless bird bread to have a lot of meat on it?
how could you do this to your animals, hear them in the background, they are all upset, you are supposed to be protecthing them, they are not a hawks normal food, you are irresponsible, would you allow the hawk to kill one of your dogs or cats this way? Chickens aren't naturally from this area and don't have the means to protect themselve. They have just as much personality as a cat or dog, wonder how you treat your children for that matter, when you need help do you want someone to help you?
A hawk killed and ate my rooster. The only way to protect them is a net and an enclosure fenced area. I had all my chickens around my 3.3 acres parcel, very happy and free range, but now they are saved in a very smaller area, 60 x 20 ft
I had a red tail hawk kill 5 of my Rhode island reds this week. I couldn't figure out why every night I set the trap it was empty. Today I found the hawk in the box trap and I transferred him to a dog kennel why I secured the chicken pen. I let him eat the rest of the chicken and gave him water and had a great experience taking pics and holding the hawk. I used a large welding glove and got him out of the pen. Then he sat there with amazing pressure from his talons holding on then flew off. Tw
I respect your decision to let nature take its course. I too pondered the abscence of the ever vigilant rooster. Under these circumstances, either action would have been acceptable. You have a right to protect your hens. I had a Rottweiler that took hold of my rooster. After HEARING what that dog did to a dead chicken, I lost hope for my rooster and let nature take it's course. The next morning, my ears first, then my eyes beheld a hobbled, wobbly neck king of the roost crowing! Happened twice!
I must say I'm happy that you didn't run out and scare the hawk away that probably has babies and is just trying to feed them while it itself starves. People who think this is cruel are beyond definition. Makes me think how much the human population would drop if people actually had to hunt or god forbid fish for food.
Oh come on! Billions of chickens get slaughtered everyday and in the most cruel way imaginable just for your dining pleasure and you people come here to whine? Just saying.
@10rosegarden14: Too true! My neighbor will go to McDonald's and eat meat that was slaughtered in the worst ways imaginable... and turn around and say that she won't eat our pigs because they had names! At least they were livin' large and lovin' life while they were here... AND they were NOT tortured in their transition from alive to food either!!! I'd rather eat my farm-raised food that was loved, healthy, happy, and not killed by cruel means than ever eat "processed" meat!!
@FireClaw1234 : Alas, in a cruel twist of fate, the Great Rooster was, himself, recovering from a vicious dog attack and I spent over $100.00 just a month prior on saving his life. He is now alive and well and does his best to protect his hens with one whole leg and one leg that only has partial toes - but he still makes babies and keeps the hawks away to the best of his ability. It was too late for my Best Red Hen by the time I knew what happened... so I filmed... "Nature" instead.
To the one that filmed this it's education material. I have lived in a City my whole life and I had no clue as to the hunting habits of Hawks. Now I know how nature is in it's Rawest. Also this is how it goes....kill or be killed.
In that way - you are welcome... I really hated that he was actually successful (in a way) because she was one of my best hens and it is still sad - even though she didn't go to waste - like so many hunters waste the things that they kill. I think those hunters are the worst kind of human. I eat everything I kill. The hawk does too. So many hunters kill an animal and only take 'prize parts' and just leave the rest to rot.... that is a crime.
I love hawks, i have a friend who sort of own a Hawk, but she took care of him because the mother was killed by stupid people who shot her down, she raised and took care of him :3 and The hawk sometimes comes to my window XD
@MokaTheTrueAndalite : They are fascinating, intelligent creatures. They are able to remember good/bad things to a degree and are fairly trainable. They are a little like a mix between a dog and a cat in that respect. They do pick up on human habits, too; and those things which garner them food from humans tend to be repeated... :-) I wish the best of luck to you and your friend with the hawk.
@Hyphy101dre : please see my response to 'dreammer5'. Hope it helps. When a hawk 'hits' in its initial attack- the death blow has already been struck. If you notice, all he's doing after that is waiting for the chicken to cease its movements. Like when you behead a chicken - they really do 'run around' for a few minutes before they stop moving- even though you know they are already dead...
I understand this is nature, but if we decide to have pet chickens we should take care of them, so the eagles and hawks feed from wild birds somewhere else, I think there was not need of letting this chicken to have a slow death while is eaten alive.
I agree with that thought process. In defense of the hawk - they do not eat their prey alive. They do their best to make a swift death of their prey - unlike cats who torture their prey and do not always eat it. Hawks kill as quickly as possible and eat every scrap - no waste. I don't normally allow hawks to get my chickens - I usually scare them off if I see them. He was quick and it was too late. If I were to scare him off she would have still died... hope that helps...
@EHarreschou Unfortunately for what I have watched in many videos of eagle,falcon,hawks and in most prey birds videos they start removing the feathers end eating the bird from the first minute while you could perfectly watch how the prey winks and flaps it wings in pain and that is cruel, but it's nature, now I believe what happened to your chicken was an unlucky incident and that your chicken would have died for the wounds made by the hawks talons, and yes your comment helped.
excuse me if you could be respond to this question, if a rooster is found dead very recently like in a hour and there is a whole in his stomach and the insides are scooped out what might have killed it.
Where abouts do you live? I'm curious because you say that broad wings are on the decline, but here in MN there is one sitting on every other light post on the highway. During migration, most days of the week if you watch the skies for a couple hours here you can see huge kettles containing hundreds of them riding the same wind currents. As for your livestock, you can do what you want with them, but I have had them come back continously after a kill, so I dont give them positive reinforcement.
i understand where your coming from but at the same time your chickens trust that you will take care of them not let them be a meal for something else. Why is it cool to post things like this, to see another animal suffer while it's been eaten:(
@rainbowfarmsale200 lmfao you think chickens think like a dog? they dont have owners they just lay eggs. come on now theres millions of chickens, would u rather see a chicken in a field doing fuck all or a sick bird of prey hunting? thats much more of a priviledge and u should just enjoy it! its only 1 chicken im sure the owner has tons more so chill ;)
@rainbowfarmsale200 : As for the person who feels that swearing is necessary to convey emotion, I appologize for his lack of vocabulary. As to your thoughts about both the hen's trust and why I posted this: first, chickens do not 'think' much and they do not remember much. That's another blog altogether. As for why I posted: it really is necessary for people to NOT sterilize themselves as to how food is obtained. Much like people not liking to think of how that steak got to their plate.
@rainbowfarmsale200 people eat chickens...after earning their trust...and cows..and pigs etc...this is just a hawk eating a fat meal. People use birds to hunt..he could have chased off the hawk and eaten the chicken himself =-)
@EHarreschou - One question, would a rooster attack a hawk to save it's hen or friend? I've heard many stories of roosters saving their hens from the grasps of a hawk by fighting them off, sacrificing themselves, and even killing hawks by pecking and spurring them to death.
@Tilan123: I'll bet I'm the only person who spent $100.00 at the vet on my rooster after some jerk's dog attacked him just a few weeks prior to that. That was a juvenile raptor and we need them for our own continued survival. Just like we need the Elephants of Africa and Asia, too; but. I'll bet you don't know how they could possibly have an impact on your existence. Same for the coral reefs... or plankton... or insects... etc.
thats a Redtail. good for you leting it eat 70 to 80% of Raptors die in there First year from starvation you let it eat its hard earned meal it expended energy for. your good in my book
@MrSniper1986: Thanks. It's strange to read the threads from people who say I was cruel to let him have her when his species is on the decline as a result of human encroachment on his feeding fields. I've never seen him again and that was the first (and only) time it's happened in the 16 years that we've been here. People think he'll come back but that's not true at all.
you have created a chicken supermarket for the hawk by haveing the chickens in a run,you should therefore have the decency to look after them as they are in your care, let the hawk go kill something in the wild which is what they do naturally,I suppose you'd let the fox attack your chickens too,since thats what foxes do in the wild.
@TheDexter2100 The loud ones are called Guinea Fowl. They are really good at eating every kind of insect and even small things like lizards, frogs, and even snakes. They keep stray dogs from coming in the yard. They're usually pretty good about alerting before a hawk or owl attacks, but even they missed this one. They were trying to scare him off but he must've been pretty desperately hungry to go for a full grown chicken so early in the day. Poor thing must've been half starved.
Ok. "Mr. Vampire Dog": You do not have a problem with vampires who feed on their own kind and are completely imaginary but I'm the sick uncaring one who lives in the real world where real things eat other real things. Whatever.
No. The idiot who killed a protected species is an idiot. Chickens are not a protected species, nor are they in any danger of extinction any time soon. Therefore, logic dictates that it is better to let a hawk have a chicken than to illegally kill a protected bird. The hawk will only kill one chicken and it will never kill for the sake of killing alone. ONLY HUMANS are THAT STUPID!!! I shared something I have plenty of with one of Gods creatures in need.
Seriously? Do you eat meat? Do you know what those animals go through? That's what sick is. A hawk killing a single chicken AND eating it is called life and nature. What do you think goes on outside of your nice pretty little house in your pretty little subdivision? We eat our chickens and our pigs and our cows. We don't kill them in the cruel fasion of the mass produced animals. THAT's where you can go to find sick people.
Yeah i just shot one today..it tried to get my puppy shepherd...that stupid ass bird got two in his chest...i cut off his talons and i am soaking them in salt solution as this moment...bitch is going to be my mirror ornament
This family is weak and pathetic. I grew up with chickens and protected them like family. If there was any killing of chickens it was done by us to eat. This is in your backyard. Get a stick, shovel, bat, tennis racket, hose, anything but do not let this thing kill your chickens, then he'll never stop. DUHH!! He can get his food somewhere else. Remember the movie "signs", well just "swingaway" at hit that hawk. You are weak! By doing nothing you are allowing it.
@jamilburnout lol come on are you really comparing a CHICKEN to a toddler? LOL its nature it happens animals kill other animals in order to survive get use to it
2 ways to answer this: 1. if you're the kind bad parent that would leave a toddle unattended; then it's not an impossibility. 2. I don't follow my chickens around like I would a toddler. Have a nice day.
As I mentioned previously; I didn't call the hawk up and invite him over for a free chicken-picken. I was in the house, cooking dinner, when I heard the Guineas making their "Invader Alert" noise. By the time I got to the door to see what they were yelling at, it was already too late to do anything for the chicken- so, I filmed it. It was already too late to save the chicken - that means it was already in it's death throws - that means that it would not have done any good to chase the hawk away.
2 dogs (and one is a German Shepherd). They came out, but when they saw the size of the hawk and what he'd already done to the chicken - I guess they thought the same thing I did - those talons and that beak aren't worth an already dead chicken...
It did NOT please me. Let's say I ran out there and chased off the hawk after he already landed his death-blow on his initial impact (which is how they work); so, now my chicken dies anyway because of her wounds and the hawk (Who's wild prey is diminishing because of human over-population) also goes without food and could die, too. How is that supposed to be good? He already had her 'dead' once he hit her. I didn't see him coming any better than she did.
It did NOT please me. Let's say I ran out there and chased off the hawk after he already landed his death-blow on his initial impact (which is how they work - then he has to wait for her to die, too); so, now my chicken dies anyway because of her wounds and the hawk (Who's wild prey is diminishing because of human over-population) also goes without food and could die, too. How is that supposed to be good? He already had her 'dead' once he hit her. I didn't see him coming any better than she did.
This is not 'nature' in action. A domestic animal not equipped to survive in the wild; it is dependent on its caretaker for its health and safety. You basically served a live domestic hen to a wild animal; and watched it suffer and die. Apparently it pleased you very much. Don't expect others to think as you do.
No. It's NOT funny. But it is called life. I save the chicken and the Hawk dies of starvation because he's NOT a vegan. I didn't create the cycle of life, but it exists nonetheless. Just because I video-taped it, doesn't mean I didn't feel bad for the chicken, genius. It was food for another of God's creatures. Life. It happens. As long as humans continue to take away wild-life habitats, then the wild-life will continue to be forced to find ways to survive. Grow up and take a Biology class.
Hawks kill and eat more rodents and snakes (that are much more harmful to us, our families, and our pets) in a year than they ever kill chickens. I would rather sacrifice an occasional chicken to know that pets and children are safer on the ground by their presence. It's called Balanced Environment. Just like I don't kill every single deer that I see just because it's hunting season...
MrYakman: Not sure what you are asking. It is a young Hawk and a 10 pound adult Rhode Island Red Hen. He has great taste at least. What else are you seeing; the Guinea-Fowl? The grey birds watching on the side-lines are called Guineas; they are phenomenal tick-eaters, snake killers, and guard 'dogs' because they 'yell' very loudly if vehicles or people approach that they do not recognize. You can probably hear them in the video.
Nature!!!!! All things have to eat. At least the Hawk didn't kill for "sport". Get a tougher rooster. Ours would fight for his hens. A turkey would do the same as well.
goliac492 6 days ago
kill the hawk
noalmaltrato1000 1 week ago
@noalmaltrato1000 just to let you know , its a felony if you kill one, and you will get 20 years. So just warning yea .
tank44448888888 3 days ago
This is disgusting! Why the heck did you not go out there and chase the hawk away. I have chickens and had to chase a hawk away from them a few times. Why would you just stand there and video tape it, instead of helping the helpless creature. People like you don't deserve to own animals. Talk about animal abuse. I just might send this video to the humane society!!!!
Mommy1661 1 week ago
@Mommy1661 - go ahead. As I posted 9 months ago: I didn't call the hawk up and invite him over. I was in the house, cooking dinner, when I heard the Guineas making their "Invader Alert" noise. By the time I got to the door, it was already too late to do anything for the chicken- so, I filmed it. It was already too late to save the chicken - that means it was already near dead - that means that it would not have done any good to chase the hawk away. Got it?
EHarreschou 1 week ago
@Mommy1661 you can't do anything about this idiot, its a felony if you kill one, even if you keep a hawk or falcon feather its a felony. So imagine what would happen if you hit the hawk, peta would have you arrested. Besides the hawk would have eaten something the same way it did here, slowly.
tank44448888888 3 days ago
@Mommy1661 Are u serious? Let the eagle eat his lunch. Don't u eat chiken n meat?
lvgcoolman13 1 day ago
That hawk took a real risk, that chicken could have done some major damage with it's spurs
gerbilmaster21 2 weeks ago
Yes, I know I use to raise them when I lived on the farm. We did not have problems with hawks. They were few and far between. We had problems with red foxes and sometimes with racoons.
This was in 1965. I grew up in Ohio.
peshewa0529 3 weeks ago
Yeah guys, get a rooster. A rooster can literaly kick the shit out of a hawk. Take better care of your chickens.
CAmovieFan 3 weeks ago
Yea they have to eat too but not if thats part of your livelihood.
peshewa0529 3 weeks ago
@peshewa0529 - The chickens are not a part of my livelihood. I still have never seen another hawk since that one day. I eat the eggs. That's about it.
EHarreschou 3 weeks ago
@peshewa0529
It's part of the hawk's livelihood too. Chickens reproduce like crazy and are fairly cheap at a farmer's market and don't take very long to get adult-sized. The hawk is just doing what nature designed it to do: kill to survive. What better target than a dumb and flightless bird bread to have a lot of meat on it?
ConsulOfTheAge 3 weeks ago
how could you do this to your animals, hear them in the background, they are all upset, you are supposed to be protecthing them, they are not a hawks normal food, you are irresponsible, would you allow the hawk to kill one of your dogs or cats this way? Chickens aren't naturally from this area and don't have the means to protect themselve. They have just as much personality as a cat or dog, wonder how you treat your children for that matter, when you need help do you want someone to help you?
dlong1761 2 months ago
salaud
fandeconsoles 2 months ago
A hawk killed and ate my rooster. The only way to protect them is a net and an enclosure fenced area. I had all my chickens around my 3.3 acres parcel, very happy and free range, but now they are saved in a very smaller area, 60 x 20 ft
janitabonn 2 months ago
I had a red tail hawk kill 5 of my Rhode island reds this week. I couldn't figure out why every night I set the trap it was empty. Today I found the hawk in the box trap and I transferred him to a dog kennel why I secured the chicken pen. I let him eat the rest of the chicken and gave him water and had a great experience taking pics and holding the hawk. I used a large welding glove and got him out of the pen. Then he sat there with amazing pressure from his talons holding on then flew off. Tw
MissouriGunnerKC 2 months ago
them guinneas were PEED OFF!!! lol
shannonmink3006 3 months ago 4
I respect your decision to let nature take its course. I too pondered the abscence of the ever vigilant rooster. Under these circumstances, either action would have been acceptable. You have a right to protect your hens. I had a Rottweiler that took hold of my rooster. After HEARING what that dog did to a dead chicken, I lost hope for my rooster and let nature take it's course. The next morning, my ears first, then my eyes beheld a hobbled, wobbly neck king of the roost crowing! Happened twice!
f2mel2 3 months ago
I must say I'm happy that you didn't run out and scare the hawk away that probably has babies and is just trying to feed them while it itself starves. People who think this is cruel are beyond definition. Makes me think how much the human population would drop if people actually had to hunt or god forbid fish for food.
DrPoon 3 months ago
You are to be commended for not going postal towards the hawk. It merely saw an opportunity for a great meal and you responded really well!
oiledseabirds 3 months ago
Oh come on! Billions of chickens get slaughtered everyday and in the most cruel way imaginable just for your dining pleasure and you people come here to whine? Just saying.
10rosegarden14 3 months ago 5
@10rosegarden14: Too true! My neighbor will go to McDonald's and eat meat that was slaughtered in the worst ways imaginable... and turn around and say that she won't eat our pigs because they had names! At least they were livin' large and lovin' life while they were here... AND they were NOT tortured in their transition from alive to food either!!! I'd rather eat my farm-raised food that was loved, healthy, happy, and not killed by cruel means than ever eat "processed" meat!!
EHarreschou 3 months ago 3
@10rosegarden14 true!!! @10rosegarden14 could have not said it better. & this it's just nature.
saverio1e 2 months ago
really?, you could have saved that chicken, if you had a decent rooster, the hawk would have been out of there.
FireClaw1234 3 months ago
@FireClaw1234 : Alas, in a cruel twist of fate, the Great Rooster was, himself, recovering from a vicious dog attack and I spent over $100.00 just a month prior on saving his life. He is now alive and well and does his best to protect his hens with one whole leg and one leg that only has partial toes - but he still makes babies and keeps the hawks away to the best of his ability. It was too late for my Best Red Hen by the time I knew what happened... so I filmed... "Nature" instead.
EHarreschou 3 months ago
Chickens are domesticated animals and they rely on humans for protection. This isn't really fair to the chicken. It's easy pickings for the hawk.
RobbytheLion 3 months ago
To the one that filmed this it's education material. I have lived in a City my whole life and I had no clue as to the hunting habits of Hawks. Now I know how nature is in it's Rawest. Also this is how it goes....kill or be killed.
Thanks for the upload.
rontayan 3 months ago
In that way - you are welcome... I really hated that he was actually successful (in a way) because she was one of my best hens and it is still sad - even though she didn't go to waste - like so many hunters waste the things that they kill. I think those hunters are the worst kind of human. I eat everything I kill. The hawk does too. So many hunters kill an animal and only take 'prize parts' and just leave the rest to rot.... that is a crime.
EHarreschou 3 months ago
@EHarreschou
Amen.
DrPoon 3 months ago
your other birds are seriously sounding the alarm!
Mine to the very same....
that hawk looks huge!
khswild 4 months ago
sadistic behavier with a camera
1988Thoom 4 months ago
@1988Thoom : read the rest of the posts; they show an interesting dichotomy.
EHarreschou 3 months ago
I love hawks, i have a friend who sort of own a Hawk, but she took care of him because the mother was killed by stupid people who shot her down, she raised and took care of him :3 and The hawk sometimes comes to my window XD
MokaTheTrueAndalite 4 months ago
@MokaTheTrueAndalite : They are fascinating, intelligent creatures. They are able to remember good/bad things to a degree and are fairly trainable. They are a little like a mix between a dog and a cat in that respect. They do pick up on human habits, too; and those things which garner them food from humans tend to be repeated... :-) I wish the best of luck to you and your friend with the hawk.
EHarreschou 3 months ago
@EHarreschou Yes they are interesting creatures. And thank you.
MokaTheTrueAndalite 3 months ago
And you didnt scare it off why...?
Hyphy101dre 4 months ago
@Hyphy101dre : please see my response to 'dreammer5'. Hope it helps. When a hawk 'hits' in its initial attack- the death blow has already been struck. If you notice, all he's doing after that is waiting for the chicken to cease its movements. Like when you behead a chicken - they really do 'run around' for a few minutes before they stop moving- even though you know they are already dead...
EHarreschou 4 months ago
I understand this is nature, but if we decide to have pet chickens we should take care of them, so the eagles and hawks feed from wild birds somewhere else, I think there was not need of letting this chicken to have a slow death while is eaten alive.
dreammer5 4 months ago
I agree with that thought process. In defense of the hawk - they do not eat their prey alive. They do their best to make a swift death of their prey - unlike cats who torture their prey and do not always eat it. Hawks kill as quickly as possible and eat every scrap - no waste. I don't normally allow hawks to get my chickens - I usually scare them off if I see them. He was quick and it was too late. If I were to scare him off she would have still died... hope that helps...
EHarreschou 4 months ago
@EHarreschou Unfortunately for what I have watched in many videos of eagle,falcon,hawks and in most prey birds videos they start removing the feathers end eating the bird from the first minute while you could perfectly watch how the prey winks and flaps it wings in pain and that is cruel, but it's nature, now I believe what happened to your chicken was an unlucky incident and that your chicken would have died for the wounds made by the hawks talons, and yes your comment helped.
dreammer5 4 months ago
i never stand there and watch hawks kill my chickens i have got something that takes care of them.
fgfd4345 4 months ago
GOOD JOB HAWK
combatientesi 4 months ago
excuse me if you could be respond to this question, if a rooster is found dead very recently like in a hour and there is a whole in his stomach and the insides are scooped out what might have killed it.
gumbrainshit4life 5 months ago
Where abouts do you live? I'm curious because you say that broad wings are on the decline, but here in MN there is one sitting on every other light post on the highway. During migration, most days of the week if you watch the skies for a couple hours here you can see huge kettles containing hundreds of them riding the same wind currents. As for your livestock, you can do what you want with them, but I have had them come back continously after a kill, so I dont give them positive reinforcement.
johnnyksspeedshop 5 months ago
lol hawk look at chick like yea bitch ur dead, dint fight it
kinggee103 5 months ago
i understand where your coming from but at the same time your chickens trust that you will take care of them not let them be a meal for something else. Why is it cool to post things like this, to see another animal suffer while it's been eaten:(
rainbowfarmsale200 5 months ago 2
@rainbowfarmsale200 lmfao you think chickens think like a dog? they dont have owners they just lay eggs. come on now theres millions of chickens, would u rather see a chicken in a field doing fuck all or a sick bird of prey hunting? thats much more of a priviledge and u should just enjoy it! its only 1 chicken im sure the owner has tons more so chill ;)
merlin3251201 5 months ago
@rainbowfarmsale200 : As for the person who feels that swearing is necessary to convey emotion, I appologize for his lack of vocabulary. As to your thoughts about both the hen's trust and why I posted this: first, chickens do not 'think' much and they do not remember much. That's another blog altogether. As for why I posted: it really is necessary for people to NOT sterilize themselves as to how food is obtained. Much like people not liking to think of how that steak got to their plate.
EHarreschou 5 months ago
@rainbowfarmsale200 people eat chickens...after earning their trust...and cows..and pigs etc...this is just a hawk eating a fat meal. People use birds to hunt..he could have chased off the hawk and eaten the chicken himself =-)
SecretSword 5 months ago
Well done mate! Thumbs up from me. Beautiful bird. As for the tree hugging, window licking PETA Fuckwits!! ..........lmao!! Ha ha ha!!!!!!
MrJazzyjay123 5 months ago
@EHarreschou - One question, would a rooster attack a hawk to save it's hen or friend? I've heard many stories of roosters saving their hens from the grasps of a hawk by fighting them off, sacrificing themselves, and even killing hawks by pecking and spurring them to death.
Hatokiss 5 months ago
@Hatokiss: Ours didn't; but, I'll bet the fighting game-cocks might.
EHarreschou 5 months ago
Wow, nice to know you care about your chickens :S
Tilan123 6 months ago
@Tilan123: I'll bet I'm the only person who spent $100.00 at the vet on my rooster after some jerk's dog attacked him just a few weeks prior to that. That was a juvenile raptor and we need them for our own continued survival. Just like we need the Elephants of Africa and Asia, too; but. I'll bet you don't know how they could possibly have an impact on your existence. Same for the coral reefs... or plankton... or insects... etc.
EHarreschou 5 months ago
thats a Redtail. good for you leting it eat 70 to 80% of Raptors die in there First year from starvation you let it eat its hard earned meal it expended energy for. your good in my book
MrSniper1986 6 months ago
@MrSniper1986: Thanks. It's strange to read the threads from people who say I was cruel to let him have her when his species is on the decline as a result of human encroachment on his feeding fields. I've never seen him again and that was the first (and only) time it's happened in the 16 years that we've been here. People think he'll come back but that's not true at all.
EHarreschou 5 months ago
you have created a chicken supermarket for the hawk by haveing the chickens in a run,you should therefore have the decency to look after them as they are in your care, let the hawk go kill something in the wild which is what they do naturally,I suppose you'd let the fox attack your chickens too,since thats what foxes do in the wild.
happyflucker 6 months ago
@EHarreschou What's the 3 birds @ 0:58...
TheDexter2100 6 months ago
@TheDexter2100 The loud ones are called Guinea Fowl. They are really good at eating every kind of insect and even small things like lizards, frogs, and even snakes. They keep stray dogs from coming in the yard. They're usually pretty good about alerting before a hawk or owl attacks, but even they missed this one. They were trying to scare him off but he must've been pretty desperately hungry to go for a full grown chicken so early in the day. Poor thing must've been half starved.
EHarreschou 6 months ago
SORRY BUT IN MY BOOK YOU FOLKS ARE HARD CORE UNCARING FOLKS.
MrVampiredog 6 months ago
Ok. "Mr. Vampire Dog": You do not have a problem with vampires who feed on their own kind and are completely imaginary but I'm the sick uncaring one who lives in the real world where real things eat other real things. Whatever.
EHarreschou 6 months ago
@EHarreschou THANK GOD I WILL NEVER KNOW YOU PEOPLE. THANK GOD
MrVampiredog 6 months ago
you people are sick
MrVampiredog 6 months ago
No. The idiot who killed a protected species is an idiot. Chickens are not a protected species, nor are they in any danger of extinction any time soon. Therefore, logic dictates that it is better to let a hawk have a chicken than to illegally kill a protected bird. The hawk will only kill one chicken and it will never kill for the sake of killing alone. ONLY HUMANS are THAT STUPID!!! I shared something I have plenty of with one of Gods creatures in need.
EHarreschou 6 months ago
@EHarreschou you folks are truely sick. to watch one of your chicken get killed and watch on like nothing happen . well it takes all kinds.
MrVampiredog 6 months ago
Seriously? Do you eat meat? Do you know what those animals go through? That's what sick is. A hawk killing a single chicken AND eating it is called life and nature. What do you think goes on outside of your nice pretty little house in your pretty little subdivision? We eat our chickens and our pigs and our cows. We don't kill them in the cruel fasion of the mass produced animals. THAT's where you can go to find sick people.
EHarreschou 6 months ago
Yeah i just shot one today..it tried to get my puppy shepherd...that stupid ass bird got two in his chest...i cut off his talons and i am soaking them in salt solution as this moment...bitch is going to be my mirror ornament
chewy4rce 6 months ago
nature at its best
mattmonsterful 6 months ago
why you let hawk kill your chicken why its your chicken?
dpkcactus69 6 months ago
@dpkcactus69 Is English your second language? Also; How much do you really know about Hawks, chickens, and the cycle of life? Really?
EHarreschou 6 months ago
@EHarreschou shut up sorry I am deaf english problem shut up I born in AMERICA
dpkcactus69 6 months ago
@EHarreschou Sorry I am deaf
dpkcactus69 6 months ago
@dpkcactus69 What does an auditory disability have to do with one's typing, punctuation, and grammar skills on a computer?
EHarreschou 6 months ago
So is PETA going to get after this Hawk?
Aaron16ExtraAmmo 6 months ago
u shlda killed the darn hawk
0117kirk9 6 months ago
Why would you stand there and record your own chicken getting killed? Hawks can get food some where else.
paranrulz 6 months ago
The chickens friends were going off! They had to watch their buddy get killed :(
ItsElliottIdiot 7 months ago
Let me see, this hawk came and went 6 months ago and has never been here again. So much for your theory about him never stopping.
EHarreschou 7 months ago
This family is weak and pathetic. I grew up with chickens and protected them like family. If there was any killing of chickens it was done by us to eat. This is in your backyard. Get a stick, shovel, bat, tennis racket, hose, anything but do not let this thing kill your chickens, then he'll never stop. DUHH!! He can get his food somewhere else. Remember the movie "signs", well just "swingaway" at hit that hawk. You are weak! By doing nothing you are allowing it.
ramosax4 7 months ago
@jamilburnout lol come on are you really comparing a CHICKEN to a toddler? LOL its nature it happens animals kill other animals in order to survive get use to it
kevn101 8 months ago
2 ways to answer this: 1. if you're the kind bad parent that would leave a toddle unattended; then it's not an impossibility. 2. I don't follow my chickens around like I would a toddler. Have a nice day.
EHarreschou 9 months ago
That's a bit silly ain't it? :) I know a hawks gotta eat but for gods sake it's attaking your lifestock!
iamthegame09 9 months ago
As I mentioned previously; I didn't call the hawk up and invite him over for a free chicken-picken. I was in the house, cooking dinner, when I heard the Guineas making their "Invader Alert" noise. By the time I got to the door to see what they were yelling at, it was already too late to do anything for the chicken- so, I filmed it. It was already too late to save the chicken - that means it was already in it's death throws - that means that it would not have done any good to chase the hawk away.
EHarreschou 9 months ago
@EHarreschou Fair enough.....Do you not have any dogs? :)
iamthegame09 9 months ago
2 dogs (and one is a German Shepherd). They came out, but when they saw the size of the hawk and what he'd already done to the chicken - I guess they thought the same thing I did - those talons and that beak aren't worth an already dead chicken...
EHarreschou 9 months ago
Dang.. shouldve kept filming! I want more
hmglor 9 months ago
really sad thing is listening to the anguish of the other birds.
ptaaffe 10 months ago
It did NOT please me. Let's say I ran out there and chased off the hawk after he already landed his death-blow on his initial impact (which is how they work); so, now my chicken dies anyway because of her wounds and the hawk (Who's wild prey is diminishing because of human over-population) also goes without food and could die, too. How is that supposed to be good? He already had her 'dead' once he hit her. I didn't see him coming any better than she did.
EHarreschou 10 months ago
It did NOT please me. Let's say I ran out there and chased off the hawk after he already landed his death-blow on his initial impact (which is how they work - then he has to wait for her to die, too); so, now my chicken dies anyway because of her wounds and the hawk (Who's wild prey is diminishing because of human over-population) also goes without food and could die, too. How is that supposed to be good? He already had her 'dead' once he hit her. I didn't see him coming any better than she did.
EHarreschou 10 months ago
This is not 'nature' in action. A domestic animal not equipped to survive in the wild; it is dependent on its caretaker for its health and safety. You basically served a live domestic hen to a wild animal; and watched it suffer and die. Apparently it pleased you very much. Don't expect others to think as you do.
utube16846 10 months ago
why you dont helped this chicken??????????? this idiots think it's funny to see a chicken get killed. Bastards!
Gayangellove 10 months ago
No. It's NOT funny. But it is called life. I save the chicken and the Hawk dies of starvation because he's NOT a vegan. I didn't create the cycle of life, but it exists nonetheless. Just because I video-taped it, doesn't mean I didn't feel bad for the chicken, genius. It was food for another of God's creatures. Life. It happens. As long as humans continue to take away wild-life habitats, then the wild-life will continue to be forced to find ways to survive. Grow up and take a Biology class.
EHarreschou 10 months ago
Hawks kill and eat more rodents and snakes (that are much more harmful to us, our families, and our pets) in a year than they ever kill chickens. I would rather sacrifice an occasional chicken to know that pets and children are safer on the ground by their presence. It's called Balanced Environment. Just like I don't kill every single deer that I see just because it's hunting season...
EHarreschou 10 months ago
if the hawk was around my house he would be eating lead instead of my chickens
midnightcowboy91 10 months ago
MrYakman: Not sure what you are asking. It is a young Hawk and a 10 pound adult Rhode Island Red Hen. He has great taste at least. What else are you seeing; the Guinea-Fowl? The grey birds watching on the side-lines are called Guineas; they are phenomenal tick-eaters, snake killers, and guard 'dogs' because they 'yell' very loudly if vehicles or people approach that they do not recognize. You can probably hear them in the video.
EHarreschou 11 months ago
0:56
WTF ARE THOSE!?!?!
MrYakman123 11 months ago
Bravooooo Hawk !!!!
MrNeleKarajlic 1 year ago
Was this hawk the Buteo platypterus?
Antillespatriot10 1 year ago
The guineas should to help her or him.
cooperhawk1 1 year ago
could youupload the rest of the video? we want to watch more about this. It was a hen or rosteer ? young or adult?
cooperhawk1 1 year ago