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sourland said:
Hello, and welcome to the BYC community. Sadly the fact is that many predators like chicken and will continue to return once they have killed.
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Thank you. Yeah my neighbor has a lot of chickens too and between roosters and hens that brag about laying an egg, it really does attract the predators.
 
Chick Inn Mamma said:
I really think those little structures help. I have taken large branches from fir trees and built t-p structures and they can hang out under and the last place I lived had a wide open space. They hung out under that shelter a lot.
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Yes, it definitely helps. If your run is a reasonable size, putting netting over it is an even better deterrent. It’s cheap and easy to install with some zip ties. It may require a support in the middle, for which I dug a hole and stuck a post in it.. no cement necessary. That completely stopped the hawks that used to take many of my birds.
 
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.

I've had great success keeping my flock behind electrified poultry netting with lots of good cover for aerial threats. I see hawks fly over daily. I have only lost a single bird to a hawk with the flock contained in their 1/3 acre pen.
 
BantyChooks said:
Yes, it definitely helps. If your run is a reasonable size, putting netting over it is an even better deterrent. It’s cheap and easy to install with some zip ties. It may require a support in the middle, for which I dug a hole and stuck a post in it.. no cement necessary. That completely stopped the hawks that used to take many of my birds.
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I did the same. I hawk netted with posts a 40x60 foot area. It is tacky to look at, but I don't have aerial attacks any longer. I bought some really good netting that was recommended by someone here over 7-years ago. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WP82KC6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
 

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