Housing for bird flu

[kattabelly]

The gaps are 2.5 cm by 7.5 cm
Are these gaps small enough not to be a problem?

That isn't enough to keep very small birds out, but those birds are lower risk anyway. Gulls and wild waterfowl are the main species you want to keep away from your birds.

Personally I won't bother trying to keep the local wrens out of the run even if housing requirements are brought in here. If you did want to be more thorough about keeping any wild birds out though, just really thin plastic net (like the stuff sold as butterfly net or to keep leaves out of ponds) is enough if you're attaching it to sturdier metal mesh.

 

[nuthatched]

I’m not entirely sure what you mean but I will take it how I think you mean.
I am always worried that someone might steal them but we live in quite a rural area, and you can’t really see them from the road so I hope no one would take them. Fingers crossed, tapping wood, all the rest (I always say that if I think I might be tempting the fates)


The gaps are 2.5 cm by 7.5 cm
Are these gaps small enough not to be a problem?

I was concerned for someone looking at your birds, consider they aren't covered enough and report you for some odd reason.

 

[Blue is my chicken]

I was concerned for someone looking at your birds, consider they aren't covered enough and report you for some odd reason.

Oh okay that makes more sense.

That isn't enough to keep very small birds out, but those birds are lower risk anyway. Gulls and wild waterfowl are the main species you want to keep away from your birds.

Personally I won't bother trying to keep the local wrens out of the run even if housing requirements are brought in here. If you did want to be more thorough about keeping any wild birds out though, just really thin plastic net (like the stuff sold as butterfly net or to keep leaves out of ponds) is enough if you're attaching it to sturdier metal mesh.

I am moving soon so probably won’t get the netting, yet anyway.
I just wanted to be sure that I was good enough, as I couldn’t find any regulations on housing them, normally we put them in a polytunnel but it broke last year and we have had to change things (moving around a lot so couldn’t have a permanent structure).



Thanks everyone for the help

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

That is definitely enough gap for a small bird to get through