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[cmom]

My run is way to big to use any type of netting that's why I use fishing line.

Our run seems to get bigger and bigger every couple months!

I'm glad you found something that worked to keep them away! I had a raven that took a chick in the spring.

Glad the fishing line is working. I originally had some fishing line up but an owl got through and killed some birds. I have a couple of coops that are open on one side that my hubby and a friend built as a surprise for me. Their hearts were in the right place. I have since put tarps over the open side of those coops. These are my pens and they are completely covered with netting. I did cover it many years ago when the trees were small. 200'x60'. The fences are 5'.

A Chick/grow-out coop. There is more of the pen on the other side of the coop that doesn't show in the picture. It's covered with netting too.

 

[chickencoop57]

Yeah, the other day I heard one of them hawks screaming outside. Its the first one I'd heard in years. I guess they know I have chickens now. Good thing I hadn't let them out into the garden area, yet. I like that fishing line idea, too. We used to have it on the around the garden with bells, to let us know if a deer jumped the fence. However I did buy some wire netting on Ebay, to put over the top of an additional run, I'm making. Fishing line would definitely be cheaper.

 

[chickencoop57]

Glad the fishing line is working. I originally had some fishing line up but an owl got through and killed some birds. I have a couple of coops that are open on one side that my hubby and a friend built as a surprise for me. Their hearts were in the right place. I have since put tarps over the open side of those coops. These are my pens and they are completely covered with netting. I did cover it many years ago when the trees were small. 200'x60'. The fences are 5'.
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A Chick/grow-out coop. There is more of the pen on the other side of the coop that doesn't show in the picture. It's covered with netting too.
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Wow, Nice place cmom. Are those Leghorns you got? They sure are big, if they are

 

[Rooapalooza]

A week ago the same thing happened to me. A hawk got one of my silkies so my rooster and I sprinted over together to try to save her. The hawk tried to fly off with her but got too frazzled. That sure got my adrenaline up. The hawk was back a couple times last week. Two days ago all my chickens were totally still, and facing the same upward direction. I couldn't see anything myself but once I started screaming that hawk flew out of its hiding spot .

Coopers hawks and peregrine falcons both kind of look like ospreys to me, but I don't know anything.

 

[cmom]

Wow, Nice place cmom. Are those Leghorns you got? They sure are big, if they are

They are Rhode Island Whites. Here are some of my White Leghorns. Sorry for the blurry picture. They are larger than hatchery stock.

 

[chickencoop57]

They are Rhode Island Whites. Here are some of my White Leghorns. Sorry for the blurry picture. They are larger than hatchery stock.
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Nice! I have 3 Leghorns and they're the best. Mine are about 8 months old but seem small. Do they get bigger?

 

[cmom]

If they are hatchery stock they are smaller. I have heritage and they tend to be larger.

 

[chickencoop57]

If they are hatchery stock they are smaller. I have heritage and they tend to be larger.

Whats Heritage? As you see, I'm still kinda new at this.

 

[chickencoop57]

If they are hatchery stock they are smaller. I have heritage and they tend to be larger.

Ahh, just saw the rest of your comment. Thanks!

 

[S.A.W.]

So for the first hawk, your BJG roos fought it off?? How many do have and how big are they?? I ask because this is one reason why I have my BJG cockerel, he seems eager for this kind of job lol.

I had a wonderful Jersey Giant rooster once. He and the hens roamed our yard until the day I drove in the driveway and a hawk rose from the ground and perched on top of the house. I looked down the yard and there lay my Jersey Giant rooster: dead from a slash across the back of the neck near the head. I almost cried. The hawk wisely sailed away before I could get a gun. You are lucky the hawk did not damage any of your chickens, that is, unless you found your Polish chicken somewhere with its neck slashed.