2 Chickens dead, 4 left; what to do now?

[ChickenPerson1234789]

2 of our younger pullets got eaten by a hawk today. Our 4 others are stunned and we have put them safely in their house to sleep for tonight. We plan to reinforce our open range a bit better, but is there sppecific type of wire mesh that isrelatively cheap and can be easily installed that anyone recommends? also, there is a big tree in the center of the range, so is there any wire mesh that can easily be installed around 3 big branches? we really just need better wiring

Also, does anyone know what I can do to aid my chicken mentally? Im sure they are very scared but its around 12 am where im at now.
For background, I used to have six chickens that generally separated themselves into a group of 4 and a group of 2 (the group of 2 was smaller and lower on the pecking order). My smallest chicken was eaten and her buddy is now alone. Is there any way I can help integrate her into the larger flock asap?

 

[Fishychix]

I’m sorry to hear that. I usually stick with 1/2” hardware cloth. All wire, in my opinion, is a difficult to work with. Idk what to tell you about the tree. I’m sure you’ll get better responses tomorrow.
Do you have pictures of your setup? pictures are a huge help.

 

[cmom]

It appears you free range. There is no way to protect them when free ranging except to give them places to hide. My birds all have large covered pens because of losses in the past. I do have trees in my pens that I worked the netting around. I used good heavy duty netting. My fences are 5' tall and so am I. I have made some wooden T-posts to hold the net up some of the pens. Good luck...
These pens are all covered. Near the middle of the picture is a long T-post.

 

[SabongStuff]

I’ve got large hawks in my Area and positioned my coop under a large willow tree that hangs low. Next to that is a large white oak. I have several fruit trees as well in a terrace. The low hanging trees provide cover during the day and the larger trees help with free ranging. I’ve had a couple hawks inspecting my property - but my chickens have learned to stay under the trees when they are around. Roosters and older hens are super valuable to have around with these conditions. I recently got four new pullets this past spring and my older gals showed them the safe spots in the backyard to range.