sadly, I am stupid

[gsim]

You could get what is called shade cloth. Nurseries use it for protection of delicate plants from summer sun. I would guess a local nursery would have it. Tarps rot due to ultraviolet. I expect that shade cloth and bird netting does too. Also, you could try stringing polypropylene twine all about overhead. Hawks and owls do not like it , but it must be pretty closely strung to work. It is fairly durable and very cheap.

 

[ShaggysGirl]

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Got ours in home depot.
So sorry for your loss. we had a hawk nest in the back of the yard this year very scary, seen him once sitting on my run gate.

 

[wombat]

We roofed our run with hardware cloth. I got it at Home Depot, but whether or not they stock it is rather iffy.

TrueValue hardware stores can generally order either netting or hardware cloth for you. Just ask.

 

[Beau coop]

So today i found what I think is a peace offering from the hawk. A mouse- just it's head and then its tail with entrails attached lying next to it.

Is it legal to kill hawks and if so can i just shoot it or do i need miss jayne and her trusty shovel?

 

[Cherokeerainbow]

Is it legal to kill hawks

Depends on where you are...in Maine it's illegal to kill a bird of prey..

Also, agway sells netting..on-line too if needed. Home depot has a get deer fence too (not orange)
Wishing you speedy solution!​

 

[suevit]

Today my husband told me he found a hawk sitting on the gate to the little girls side of the chicken run THANK GOODNESS we had put deer net over the top!!!!!! I've already lost 2 to a hawk before moving them to the "big house"!

We have 2 different kinds of net one from Tractor Supply this year and it's really thin, the stuff we used on the little girl side is from last year and 5 times thicker!

The neting is worth the energy of putting it up.

Want to hear a stinker, the next door people's chicken free range all day and live in a shed. My girls are in a really nice coup with a 100x20' yard and I've lost 3 to a coon and almost some to a hawk. Go figure...
Sue

 

[19hhbelgian]

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One of the local mini golf places near us has THE BEST ice cream... When we go there for it, we eat there - outside under an open pavilion. They use the fishing line, and I have never even ONCE seen a bird in there, so I'd think that could work pretty well

Sorry about the hawk problem. I just caught one sitting 4 feet from my coop

Told hubby to get ready for hawk stew next time I see him out there! (Just lost a BA - no evidence of anything - she just vanished into thin air, the hawk is the only thing we can figure out

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