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    I was out back a little while ago deciding where to fence in a small area to let the chickens run, probably a 20 x 20 area and I had decided to leave the top open because they will be inside at night when a hawk swoops down and snatches up a dove not 30 feet in front of me, I guess I'll be revising my plans.

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    OOh dear. roof's looking like a good idea now!
    Gardening forever- housework whenever

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    • #3
      pea netting works ok
      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...gs/jardiniere/

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      • #4
        foxes can also get easily over a 6 foot fence, so something you also need to think about, and pea netting won't stop them

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        • #5
          Netting would work a treat....
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          • #6
            I have a enclosed run for when I'm not about and moveable netting for when I'm in the garden to watch for foxes. A raptor of some sort flew low over the girls several times for a look but I was assured nothing in Britain was big enough to take a full sized chicken. Don't know what predators you get in the USA though.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by frias View Post
              I have a enclosed run for when I'm not about and moveable netting for when I'm in the garden to watch for foxes. A raptor of some sort flew low over the girls several times for a look but I was assured nothing in Britain was big enough to take a full sized chicken. Don't know what predators you get in the USA though.
              There are some 'big enough' in UK, but they aren't really hunters of anything large (apart from eagles, and they really avoid human-used areas). Red Kites eat insects and carrion.
              Most hunting birds will be deterred by a high fence unless the area is VERY large. They don't like being obliged to take off too steeply (works for crows too). A 6ft fence around a 20ft enclosure is probably NOT QUITE safe (although I don't know for sure what you get over there).......
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              • #8
                We've got a thread going at the moment about a possible Sparrow Hawk taking anything from baby blackbirds to collared doves. I wouldn't tempt fate, and will be putting a small gauge wire top on my chicken run (when I build it), that way if bird flu becomes an issue again, we will be able to throw a tarpauline over the top.

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