Inexpensive bird netting, check it out!

[tri-5-ron]

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I live in OC also, city of Orange.
You might want to use something a little more stout than a fabric type netting.

We DO have Coopers hawks, Sharp Shinned hawks, Redtails and a few others too. Peregrine Falcons, Kestrel's, and Turkey Vultures. Some Owls, and Bobcats too.
You also don't want to discount the Crows either. They may not be able or willing to take a full grown chicken, but a youngster would be right on their menu. We also have Opposums, Racoons, and belive it or not, an occaisional Coyote. They come from the Cleaveland National Forest area, and travel along the riverbeds at night. I'm near Tustin ave. and Katella, completely residential area, and have seen them in my yard and on my street a few times. and if you are anywhere near the riverbeds, dont be surprised that an occaisional mountain lion can be present., although very rarely.
as a matter of fact, there are even quite a few Ospreys living over by the Santa Ana River lakes, and up at Irvine lake.

you might find these interesting....

http://www.orangecountywild.com/about.php

http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/birds/index.htm

 

[Davaroo]

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Useful, yes. Stout? Not really stout enough, in my experience.

 

[DaveD]

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Horsefeathers, when I was a kid, we had a dog (might have been a beagle, I don't remember) that would jump over the 6' stockade fence. Of course, since we didn't know she was jumping it, she got put on a rope after doing that a few times. That's when we found out she was jumping it, because we would come home and have to go to the other side of the fence to let her down - the rope was long enough to jump the fence but not to land on the other side. My dad decided we needed to give her away. Of course after getting older, I started wondering why we didn't just shorten the rope so she couldn't go over the fence. I never asked though.

 

[AHappychick]

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Where wild animals are concerned, never say never. The fact that you have Coopers hawks at all would tell me that such "inconvenience" netting will never do. All our thinking and calculation mean nothing to them. Have you seen this netting material? It is quite strong for its cross sectional size, and at first glance seems to have what it takes. But a large hawk on the wing, plummeting from any height, is a real powerhouse. Im talking steam roller here. It is how they immobilize their prey.

Hitting that netting, even if it brakes at the last minute, could mean real trouble. If it gets entangled in the stuff, odds are you can write it off. I've heard of Coopers hawks that alight, rush over and attack the chickens on the ground - without even a "How do you do?"
The chances are good that once a hawk hits that netting and tears it up, it will leave in confusion, and not bother the chickens. But, do you wanna take that chance?

If you have bold and unmolested hawks eying your 'chicken buffet', strong, visible woven netting overhead seems the better choice.

ugg back to the drawing board again, thanks I guess I did not realie they would be so vigiliant.

 

[AHappychick]

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[AHappychick]

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[urbanchicks76]

Tri-5-Ron Thanks for the info. We are very close to you in Tustin right off 17th street. Guess we are going to have to make their little space more secure. Yes I have see coyotes running on our street. I didn't think we had that many hawks. Thanks again.

 

[Davaroo]

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Where wild animals are concerned, never say never. The fact that you have Coopers hawks at all would tell me that such "inconvenience" netting will never do. All our thinking and calculation mean nothing to them. Have you seen this netting material? It is quite strong for its cross sectional size, and at first glance seems to have what it takes. But a large hawk on the wing, plummeting from any height, is a real powerhouse. Im talking steam roller here. It is how they immobilize their prey.

Hitting that netting, even if it brakes at the last minute, could mean real trouble. If it gets entangled in the stuff, odds are you can write it off. I've heard of Coopers hawks that alight, rush over and attack the chickens on the ground - without even a "How do you do?"
The chances are good that once a hawk hits that netting and tears it up, it will leave in confusion, and not bother the chickens. But, do you wanna take that chance?

If you have bold and unmolested hawks eying your 'chicken buffet', strong, visible woven netting overhead seems the better choice.

ugg back to the drawing board again, thanks I guess I did not realie they would be so vigiliant.

Yeah, you have to start with what is proven. This is no time to reinvent the wheel - you can experiment later.

 

[SportTees]

Lowes deer netting is very cheap and works very well for tops. I have had it keep out snakes before because they get tangled in it.

 

[peter123]

do you ever get song birds stuck in the netting?