Hawk on run

[aart]

did a good jerb of bending that EMT, but you can also make it from pvc and 45° fittings,

Would be much more expensive.

 

[EggWalrus]

Would be much more expensive.

Most people don't have the tools to bend pipe. By the time they bought the tools, it'd probably cost about the same. Plus there is a bit of skill involved in bending pipe.
I just thought PVC would be a little easier for some folks.

 

[microchick]

@aart, what did you use to attach the conduit to? Looks like t-posts but I can't tell what you used to attach the tops to the posts.

 

[aart]

@aart, what did you use to attach the conduit to? Looks like t-posts but I can't tell what you used to attach the tops to the posts.

Details on my coop page.

 

[microchick]

Thanks @aart. I just finished looking at it. Never considered using PVC sleeves but I can see the plus side of them. We have been using hose clamps to extend t-post height.

 

[aart]

Thanks @aart. I just finished looking at it. Never considered using PVC sleeves but I can see the plus side of them. We have been using hose clamps to extend t-post height.

You have no coop page that shows how you do this?
Maybe a thread you could link?

I got the basic idea(set screws) from a Tpost accessory.
Hose clamps were my backup plan in case my couplers failed,
and I really expected them fail-fractured PVC,
but they've held up well for 5 years

 

[microchick]

I need to do that. Spent most of the summer fighting three forms of inflammatory arthritis so I put building projects on hold. I have a section of my run that I need to estend the height of the t-posts so I'll see what I can get working. Come spring I need ot extend my coop. Right now the section that will be the future expansion is being occupied by a 500 gallon diesel tank. DH is going to have the tank moved so I can use the whole shed for my birds.

Have you considered using PEX piping? It's rumored to be able to with stand temp swings.

 

[aart]

I have a section of my run that I need to estend the height of the t-posts so I'll see what I can get working.

So yo haven't used the hose clamps yet? Thought you had already:

We have been using hose clamps to extend t-post height.

Have you considered using PEX piping?It's rumored to be able to with stand temp swings.

It is, but I think it's also pretty flexible, maybe too much for use as a structural material.

 

[microchick]

Not on the run on another project. They do work very well and since they are stainless they last. My plan on the run is to use sections cut from damaged t-posts and extend existing posts up to match the height of kennel panels I'm using for my main run. I had a big roll of chain link fencing gifted to me by friends of ours. It's only 4 feet while the kennel panels are 6. Two foot of extension should solve the problem of height discrepency.

 

[Rick M]

I have my entire run covered with heavy duty deer netting as we have a large hawk, owl and eagle population.

Many mornings I will go out and find a hawk sitting in a tree just watching the birds in the run, knowing that it can't get to them without becoming entangled in the net.

I keep having fantasies of having one try to get through, getting tangled up and me calling Missouri dept of conservation and telling them to come get their net entangled chicken raiding hawk out of my run before I turn my bantam roosters loose on it.

My husband calls it torture by 25 sets of mini spurs.

But in all seriousness, these birds of prey are protected from harm and they are beautiful creatures that rule the sky. Best defense against them is to do as @aart has done and use a surplus of wire or good flight pen netting to protect your flock. Birds of Prey are going to do what birds of prey do and that's kill to survive.

Welcome to the forum @Rabaker83 !

FYI Missouri Department of Conservation probable wont do anything. I called them about my hawk issues and they said that hawks are not their problem they are Federal game and fish problem and gave me their number. Needless to say the Federal game and fish said there was nothing they could do or give me a permit since my birds were free ranging on my own property and not in an in closed run. He did say I could shoot or do anything else to harass them to scare them off though. Lol sure I'll do that