Our run is surrounded with a 10 foot fence with cinder block walls above and below ground(it was an existing structure we turned into a run) The top is covered with bird netting and we felt it was pretty secure. Somehow the hawk found a small opening where the netting overlapped? We really aren't sure exactly how it got in but it was diffidently from the top. So now for the happy ending part all 6 hens are safe and sound. I was in my house getting ready for some company when I noticed on my iPad something going on in the run! For Christmas I got my wife a Uniden Guardian wireless surveillance system (costco had them on sale) so she can watch the girls while she's at work BEST GIFT EVER!
I first saw a hen run past camera 2 then I saw the hawk "Holy @&$€!!" I ran as fast as I could out of the house to the run, on the way I grabbed a trash can. When I got to the run all the hens were hiding and the hawk was freaking out because it couldn't get out. With the trash can and a rack we have hanging in the run I cornered the hawk and was able to get it into the can. I took it out of the run and let it go but before I did I told it "No one messes with my girls!" It was a close call and we got very lucky. We spent the rest of the day reinforcing the netting we doubled up the netting and no longer have any openings. The day before we had our first 6 egg day the last hold out started to lay I'm so happy we will see more 6 egg days. Thanks to the best gift ever our hens made it without a scratch.
I'll post some photos of our run later.
Happy New Year
I first saw a hen run past camera 2 then I saw the hawk "Holy @&$€!!" I ran as fast as I could out of the house to the run, on the way I grabbed a trash can. When I got to the run all the hens were hiding and the hawk was freaking out because it couldn't get out. With the trash can and a rack we have hanging in the run I cornered the hawk and was able to get it into the can. I took it out of the run and let it go but before I did I told it "No one messes with my girls!" It was a close call and we got very lucky. We spent the rest of the day reinforcing the netting we doubled up the netting and no longer have any openings. The day before we had our first 6 egg day the last hold out started to lay I'm so happy we will see more 6 egg days. Thanks to the best gift ever our hens made it without a scratch.
I'll post some photos of our run later.
Happy New Year