It's amazing how the ones you lose are always the favorite. I lost my beautiful Buffy to a hawk in September. She was my favorite. As i sobbed over the last of her beautiful blue eggs, my husband listening, now certain of my insanity, i too vowed to get the brown crow. By the weekend, there were 5 hawks, circling the yard in search of another. I had chickens several years ago and they were free range and i never had a problem. Now I can't let them out unless I am watching. I am a wreck, and think every shadow s a hawk. The poor chickens hate the pen, even though we enlarged it. They were so happy digging up my flowers and scratching the horse manure.
Has anyone tried aviary netting? I thought about buying a 25 by 100 net to drape over the garden area just to let them out during the day. Their pen has a front porch about 4 x 6 and a back yard about 8x10. We have 4 chickens in there and two little ones in the garage waiting to get a bit bigger before I introduce them. Is that enough room?
