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18th December 2009, 11:51 AM
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Did something get inside your loft during the night?
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18th December 2009, 12:44 PM
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18th December 2009, 12:56 PM
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Blong - you posted first yesterday AM - and today you say yet another one is dead. You HAVE to keep the birds lN and protect the flights\loft - immediately . Obviously a predator has figured your setup out ! No love loss here for haws - nevertheless it might have been a rat or even a raccoon
 You need to secure their enclosure or move them to a safer place ASAPLast edited by Jaye; 18th December 2009 at 01:01 PM.
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18th December 2009, 12:59 PM
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If you are willing to post a picture of your loft, I'm sure many of us will have some constructive advice about how you can predator proof.
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18th December 2009, 01:38 PM
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Freaked OutLeave your birds in for a week or so.Don't let them out in the morning or early afternoon. Hawks feed then. They have usually caught something to eat by 3 p.m. They should not be interested in your birds by then. I fly mine about an hour or two before sunset. Here in the Midwest that is 5 or 6 in the summer and 3 p.m. now during the winter. I lost no birds to hawk attacks this year. Only had one attack at 4:15pm. this fall and the hawk was unsuccessful. I fly Oriental Rollers . Other fliers tell me the same thing, fly in the late afternoon. If you just want birds to fly at will around the yard all day, those days are gone, too many hawks.
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18th December 2009, 02:14 PM
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how come blong isn't answering any of the questions.
1. where they killed inside the loft or outside when they were flying free??????????
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18th December 2009, 06:22 PM
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all I will say is that if you want your birds to live you will keep them in and secure the loft to keep them safe .. I have a cooper that visits my loft daily and if I dint have 1/2 inch wire cloth I would have way more stressed an injured pigeons
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18th December 2009, 06:58 PM
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18th December 2009, 06:59 PM
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18th December 2009, 07:10 PM
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18th December 2009, 07:10 PM
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just so you know once winter is in full swing the hawks rarely leave til they wipe you out or you decide to keep them in and even then they still make their daily visits
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