Keeping hawks out

[aart]

I bet he was really confused

Frustrated for sure....have seen a few bounce off hard, like thy never saw the mesh.
Fox and coyote bounced off walls too.

 

[Stephanie8806]

I had hoped so too, then after 2 years, I walked into the run to find a hawk pinning down a chicken, eating her alive. Entire thing is netted now. Since then we've had hawks swoop down within a foot or two and then veer off when they see the netting.

Perfect! That’s the result I’d hope for! Thank you for sharing your experience

 

[Imjustmoe]

We run a few geese, guinea and turkeys with our chickens. Haven't lost any birds sense

 

[Stephanie8806]

We run a few geese, guinea and turkeys with our chickens. Haven't lost any birds sense

I’ve been thinking about geese, but with no surface water and the closest tap at the house 300 feet away, I don’t think there’s a plausible way to give them a consistent clean water source... because I don’t feel like cleaning out a kiddie pool and carrying water up every few days... but turkeys and guineas have always been high on my dream list!

 

[Imjustmoe]

I’ve been thinking about geese, but with no surface water and the closest tap at the house 300 feet away, I don’t think there’s a plausible way to give them a consistent clean water source... because I don’t feel like cleaning out a kiddie pool and carrying water up every few days... but turkeys and guineas have always been high on my dream list!

You can plumb a rubber made stock tank with a drain and fill port.

 

[Stephanie8806]

You can plumb a rubber made stock tank with a drain and fill port.

I’ll look into that. I’m just not really interested in splitting our plumbing up there at the moment. It’s quite a ways through real rocky ground. We’re looking into a rainwater system off the coop, but we’d need to see how much it could even collect before I divert it from the drinking water tank

 

[hayley3]

I’ve been thinking about geese, but with no surface water and the closest tap at the house 300 feet away, I don’t think there’s a plausible way to give them a consistent clean water source... because I don’t feel like cleaning out a kiddie pool and carrying water up every few days... but turkeys and guineas have always been high on my dream list!

Geese can live 25 years too.
My goose was born in 2006.

 

[jus10inla]

spunds like one got Ate by a coon.. leaving head

 

[Stephanie8806]

spunds like one got Ate by a coon.. leaving head

I know it’s hard to believe but we don’t really have raccoons out here. And we’re 99% certain it’s a hawk. Too many reasons to really list, since identifying the exact predator is not the purpose of this thread

 

[jus10inla]

I know it’s hard to believe but we don’t really have raccoons out here. And we’re 99% certain it’s a hawk. Too many reasons to really list, since identifying the exact predator is not the purpose of this thread

your right but coop protection couid be different for a coon vs a hawk...