Building a run 16' x 8' how to reinforce the top part after spotting a hawk today?

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OnceAroundTheBlock said:
My run is only 20' x 20' and I'm thinking about replacing the 1/2 of the run that has poultry net on it someday with the same stuff you used. Did you have to have some kind of a brace under it? Will it sag if you don't?
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Yes the barrier netting will sag especially when splicing it together for width, roll is 48" wide. I left my run posts high and attached to the coop roof and the fence posts.
You can cut the width to about 1 foot wide and make a grid pattern like you would fishing line to save on weight and sag.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!

I am not sure, but when my husband, who is a contractor, starts using that jargon I tend to get lost,:p but from what I understand he is going to put up some sort of 2x4 framing and then he is going to staple on this mesh.
It is weird looking stuff and I am worried it will rip because of those staples. He is assuring me he could walk on it when he's done. :/
But now I am getting worried, raccoons?! Do they live in the CA High Desert? I have never seen any, and I have lived here for 20 years now. I did spot a possum once several years back about 8 miles from where I'm at. Would that be too close for chicken comfort?
 

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