That you for this article. We lost one of our 15 week old Plymouth rocks yesterday and the kids and I are devastated. We allowed them to free range and were naive in thinking a hawk wouldn’t get them. We caught the hawk in the act. We are now going to build a large run to keep them in. We don’t want to live in fear, however feel we need to be responsible in how we keep them. You mentioned that “Simple bird netting or plastic poultry netting will suffice over the top to keep the raptors out and also work to keep any wayward chickens in” or to use fishing line to deter them. I’ve read sad stories about how Hawks still get through the bird netting and am scared that will happen to us. Any advise??
That you for this article. We lost one of our 15 week old Plymouth rocks yesterday and the kids and I are devastated. We allowed them to free range and were naive in thinking a hawk wouldn’t get them. We caught the hawk in the act. We are now going to build a large run to keep them in. We don’t want to live in fear, however feel we need to be responsible in how we keep them. You mentioned that “Simple bird netting or plastic poultry netting will suffice over the top to keep the raptors out and also work to keep any wayward chickens in” or to use fishing line to deter them. I’ve read sad stories about how Hawks still get through the bird netting and am scared that will happen to us. Any advise??