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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    Myfester: First, let me say, that is absolutely AMAZING what you have done with the fishing line!!! I can see the difference in the size from the first pictures. This is just what I want, a run that is this big. Building a run that big with a wooden roof would be just to expensive for me...
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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    Yesterday felt to me like the last straw in keeping chickens. It seemed destined that my flock would be picked off one by one no matter what I did unless they stayed in jail. Jail didn't seem like such a great life for them. Last summer my little band of 7 chickens were left out all day...
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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    Myfester: Do you tie off each line separate or do you run a long line back and forth?
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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    Violetsky: That's a very funny image. No so the reason for it.
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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    Katie09: I do have some deer netting I was going to use but I have a tree in the middle of the run and had no idea how to get around it. The fishing line would work around the tree and the deer netting in the "open" places. Thank you all for your ideas. I'm feeling a little better. I see...
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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    Myfester: Your coop and yard looks just like mine! That is a fabulous idea stringing the fishing line over the top. I noticed you also used CD's and other "decorations". I'll be buying a few hundred yards of fishing line this weekend and doing this same thing. Thanks so much for the pics...
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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    I do have plenty of cover such as rhododendrons, forsythias, 2 old army trucks, a car trailer and they do run under these things. But that blasted hawk sits quietly in the surrounding trees just waiting for my little guys to feel its safe and then he pounces. I've even tried keeping the crows...
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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    Yes, Mamagardener, it is Sturbridge, MA. I live near the farm with all the Llamas. In fact, I'm surrounded by open fields which may be alot of my problem. I see hawks circling everyday. And I do have bantams. I've been considering getting "big" chickens because I think part of the problem...
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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    I have wanted chickens for years and waited breathlessly for my chicks to arrive in July. Oh, I loved my little bantam cochins. Then the raccoons came and killed all but 2 of my 7 little guys. I bought a bigger and better coop and got some more (4) chickens. Then the hawks came. Lost 3 more...
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