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I let my chickens free range most days for 1 - 5 hours during the day. But never before 9 am. Foxes don’t like it very much if people are awake and make noises everywhere. Foxes, birds of pray, an occasional loose dog (not allowed), and one big male cat that lives nearby are a threat. My...

This was my joke. But there is also truth in dogs being predators. My mother had a dog coming into her chicken run twice :he And I heard of many more cases that dogs attack chickens. Even the chickens of the same boss/ they should protect.

Are these the predator’s you have to deal with?

:eek: I can’t believe an angry broody impresses a hungry fox that much. 🦊

It worked for many years but… A few months later a fox entered the run before sunrise. He/she got up the coop an has bitten through the rope that attached the netting. The fox could get into run that way, but couldn’t get out again. Luckily I heard stange noises from the hen house and checked...

Here they sell it under the name aviary wire which is the same as hardware cloth. It’s meant for bird cages (songbirds / quail). The smaller hardware cloth has the advantage that it locks mice out. The larger one is thicker and more sturdy (and more difficult to adjust). Chicken wire is mainly...

Not all BYC members/visitors live in the US. I’m from Europe and we have way less predators here too. But we do have foxes, hawks, buzzerds, unleashed dogs and several mustelids such as polecat and pine martens. For chicks there are a lot more predators like rats, more big birds and cats. Free...

I think that such cheap bird netting isn’t strong enough to keep the birds of prey out. I use strong netting for birds of pray and cat netting with a metal thread in it (designed for balconies). These nettings are still good after 6 years except for one piece 2” above the ground/hwc. The nylon...

That’s a lot bigger then my garden. This big is not a run. This is a fenced free range area.

Where I live there are no raccoons , so I don’t need complicated latches. But we do have foxes now and then, and polecats, marters are a possible threat too (in the night). And sometimes we have birds of pray too. Mainly buzzards but I spotted a sparrow-hawk in the pear-tree near the run once...