CAN PREDATOR BIRDS GO THRU FLIGHT TOP NETTING?

[thewobsers]

This morning i was going into the chicken run to give the gang their scratch when everyone (normally right up at the door to greet me)
ran, flew a swarping and hollarin up a storm.
There was a young hawk just landed on the fence post about 3 feet from me.. The only thing between it and the chickens was top flight netting.
The hawk realized it couldnt get the chickens and saw me with my eyes shooting fire in its general direction and hollaring at it decided to leave the area. It went back to the woods behind our house.
So, i am wondering.
Can a hawk or eagle or owl get thru the netting to get a free meal?
we have all 3 of those predators out here.
never saw any near our coop area til now, maybe just timing.
thanks for any input

 

[CoyoteMagic]

No. It's more likely going to get tangled and harm itself. Raccoons and other predators can rip right through it though

 

[hinkjc]

They won't likely get through it, but can still cause damage to your birds. They flush the birds and force them to fly and break their necks. Or if they're really talented, they catch em mid-air and take the head clean off. I've seen both attacks on our pheasant flight pens.

With chickens, they are not so easily flushed and typically run into a sheltered area - so they may be ok. I have fish nautical netting on one of my old pens and a hawk bounced off of it several times before he gave up. Didn't get anything and all chickens ran for the coop.

Jody

 

[warcard]

Pretty sure the answer is no. Neighbor girl said she saw a hawk on top on my baby pen trying to move the netting. The netting is fine, the *&^%$ guinea baby who stuck its head out of the chicken wire isn't

. My main problem is exactly that, idiot birds who run to the other side of the pen, stick their heads out, and get stuck, then the hawk comes over and has a nice meal.

 

[thewobsers]

ok thanks for the info,
our chicken run is 6 feet tall in spots so hopefully the chickens choose to hide rather than fly up.