A bit more detail and this would have been 5 star material.
A realistic view of keeping chickens and trying to adapt to nature rather than try to kill every predator.
The netting made me think of fish nets for run roofs. I can see how this may work better than a tight chicken wire arrangement which I have seen fail a few times on local farms here.
I've got lightweight plastic deer netting. The larger holes (i.e. 2"x2") work better when it snows. The type with smaller holes got pulled down with the weight and the finer mesh actually ripped. I've experimented with a few different kinds of netting and this seems to be working. My span is pretty big - 30' x 40' - so it can't be too heavy before the added weight of rain/snow.