netting suggestion for hawk protection

[upriver]

Hello-

We're about to construct a chicken moat. The walls are 6' tall field fencing. Its a 4' wide double fence about 60' x 20'. We'd like to cover the top of it with netting to keep out the numerous hawks and eagles in the area. A hawk has already tried slamming into the coop (which is made of hardware cloth). I realize that the netting is more of a deterrent than anything else, and I will attach some shiny bits to it. However, I am wondering what type of netting is best to keep hawks out and reduce the risk of injury to them.

Is the ubiquitous trellis netting sufficient, or do I need the "aviary" stuff? Given the long run, (160'), I'd like to use something that comes in a narrow size instead of a huge square.

Thanks for any tips!

 

[AHappychick]

as it is more of a deterent you can really use anything from fishing line, to deer netting to avaian netting or een the plastic chicken netting, whatever you prefer to work with s long as it is covered it will reduce attacks, although if you have a hawk that breaks through stuff I am not sure if anything short of metal would keep out but after the firstfailed attempt on your run I would think that he has learned his lesson.

Good Luck.

I use deer netting and fishing line and chicken wire, depending on where.

 

[Imp]

There is someone here in Western Washington that uses used fishing net to cover there run. They get it at Fishermens terminal here in Seattle. A little pricy. Maybe this is an option, where you are at.

Imp

 

[gryeyes]

I buy the bird netting sold in garden sections of Lowe's and Home Depot. It comes in 50 and 100 ft rolls, each about 14 ft wide. It's got some tensile strength to it, despite its flimsy appearance. My rooster got startled on the outside of the run and flew over the run fence INTO the netting and got very tangled. I had to rescue him (tear the netting with my hands) to get him out, and he had bounced from section to section before he tired out and just sat down on it. NOT a small rooster, either.

If you use two layers of it, it would be quite protective.