Foiling Chicken Hawks

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ILLUSTRATION: MOTHER EARTH NEWS STAFf
Although you might be angry enough to try anything, hand-to-hand combat isn't necessary if you're trying to stop chicken haws from making off with your birds.

Every year, I hatch about 50 chickens inside a simple
cardboard-box incubator (equipped with a light bulb and
thermometer). After the biddies are born, I keep them in
the kitchen for a while, putting the box in the yard for a
few hours on sunny days to let them get used to the

  • Published on May 1, 1980
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