black_cat
♥♥Lover of Leghorns♥♥
Okay, thanks for the feedback! I didn't think about it like that! I totally agree with your post.Although I agree with you that hawks can and will eat a chicken, I'd choose my words a little more carefully. Instead of "You definitely need" try "some people choose to use." I don't have a covered run. I often see circling hawks. My rooster warns my girls and they all run under their coop and hide until he says come out. People often utilize raised coops, chicken arcs, pallets on cinder blocks or other ways to offer their chickens protection from aerial predators. I believe the more bare one's run (aka the less stuff to hide under) the more necessary a top is.
If one can afford it and it makes sense to them, a covered run is the way to go sure. But it is not a need for chicken keeping. There is more than one way to protect against a hawk.