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Sorry, I forgot to tell you also that we use a bright yellow/green line and I think they can see it and that is why they do not try to land on it.

We use a 8 to 10 pounds test. We just zig-zag it across the top of the run attaching it to the top line on the fence about 12-15" apart. Very inexpensive & my girls are safe. We leave a small open area right in front of the coop so we can get in & change their water & food & clean it out, but...

Not sure what your run is like, but we got an electric fence because we have a lot of wood's around our house, and to keep the hawks out we ran fishing line across the top. It has worked really well! We lost one to a hawk also, but since we installed the fishing we have not lost any more...

We are actually in Tennessee......Not sure what the laws are around here either, will need to look into that. Thanks for the info, I think we are going to go with the electric fence outside of their large yard run that we have set up for them already. Hopefully it will work. Thanks again to...

You got that right! Thanks for the help.

Yes we are closing them up at night. The bobcat was at their run at 8:30 in the morning on Sunday. Having to work during the week it is very difficult to keep an eye on them during the day. Do you think it might be best to keep them locked up in their small coop run while we are not there...

We live on 2 acres of land and had 6 girls that are 2 years old and some new girls that are 5 months old. We have them sepereted until the new girls start laying. During the course of last 6 months we have lost 2 of our older girls and last Sunday we saw a bobcat next to their run. We thought...