Thank you for tip number 5. Always lots of hawks here - busy day for them here today, in fact. My chickens have good cover and I run surveyor tape over their paddocks, which moves around a lot in the wind - though it's not perfect, I have yet to see a hawk that is willing to try to get through it. I bought some aviary netting but have yet to hang it up (but I plan to).
I like the idea of the flags - there are two flight paths that I can put them in that may deter them.
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My DD & SIL have a very tall lighted flying flagpole - they still have aerial predator visits - they decided not to keep chickens or even a pet cat for the pets' own safety. One large aggressive dog is what they keep as a predator deterrent - she tore up an invading possum night visitor. I'm just glad I don't have that much of an overwhelming predator problem with my city chickens - but I still worry and keep thinking of new safety ideas to try since clever city raccoons and freeway rats occasionally enter the neighborhood.