Rhode Island Red Hen Kills Blue Darter Taking Her Chicks, April 5, 1921

What we usually call a Cooper's Hawk (shown above) was also known as a blue darter chicken hawk in the past.

Game Hen Puts Hawk to Death in Moore County

Carthage, April 2—After a fight lasting but a few minutes and witnessed by members of the family of R.L. Tyson, a farmer residing about a mile from Carthage, a Rhode Island Red hen killed a blue darter chicken hawk Friday morning.

The hawk had previously carried away five little chickens, and when he returned for the sixth the hen was ready and gave battle. The hawk, which measured 31 inches from tip to tip, was fully grown and developed, put up a game fight, but was killed by the hen after a few moments.

From The Dunn Dispatch, April 5, 1921