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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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foxes can also get easily over a 6 foot fence, so something you also need to think about, and pea netting won't stop themComment
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Netting would work a treat....
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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.Comment
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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.Originally posted by frias View Post
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).......Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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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.Comment
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