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We have chickens, living on the edge of a regional park where the hawks thrive. They are reluctant to hunt near the house, probably mainly because the low tree cover severely limits their maneuverability.

Oooh, the hawks are pretty well inside the 128. I routinely pick up squirrel and rabbit ‘chunks’ from on my yard. In the winter, I’ve see occasional red stains in the snow.

that's what the guard dogs and guinea fowl are for

>guinea fowl

Forgive my ignorance, do they keep the hawks at bay by alarming every time there's danger? Cause I can't imagine the ones we have here fighting off anything

Yeah, they usually kept as predator alerts for mixed flocks. They are also known to kill/scare away snakes, which is nice because I live where there are poisonous rattlesnakes