This Simple Mistake Killed My Chicken

It was just a matter of time. One of my chickens became a tasty hawk snack. In this video I'll show you how to expand and fortify your chicken run to protect your feathered friends from pesky hawks. I'll share the steps I took to make my own run hawk-proof after the tragic loss of one of my chickens to a hawk attack. From expanding the fencing to offer the chickens more room to installing hawk proof netting, I'll walk you through the process and show you what I did to keep my chickens safe. Don't let hawks take your chickens! Watch this video and learn how to build a hawk-proof chicken run!
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[@falllineridge]

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[@BecauseHeLovedMe1st]

I found deer netting (7'x100'h for 25 ... it's probably slightly stiffer than what you got, but it's still "fun" to work with lol. (It was laying on a shelf across from fences inside)

[@autojohn-pu1vf]

I used Deer netting over my outdoor area, it comes in giant rolls all kinds of sizes and if fairly cheep on amazon

[@stevenjames4659]

You need to use the trees outside the chicken run to support and tighten the netting. Go up around 10-12 feet and tie around the tree, connect to the corners of the net and pull tight. Looks like you have enough trees

[@davidobrien3563]

I have a rolling coop and solar electric netting that I move around a field. Got a goose that sleeps under the coop and haven't lost a chicken in 5 years. We have a couple of black Australorps that are 9 years old mixed into the flock of 26. You can't believe how effective a "chicken-goose" can be at deterring birds of prey.

[@Lapeerphoto]

22:50 You could plug the hole with the extra cut off of the side. Use zip-ties to stitch it together. (6 or so inches overlap).

[@57russj]

The only problem with chicken's going under chicken house is they will start laying there eggs underneath. I had a setup like you have and had to put wire around the bottom.

[@karencary3312]

I was afraid of that, too. That one hen looked she was spreading out and settling in.

[@frankbagbey8372]

Who is going to retrieve all the eggs from all the nests that will be built UNDER the chicken house ?

[@LizMillertx]

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[@stephaniewilson3955]

Those chickens are dust-bathing.

[@a72036279]

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[@goatstead814]

Thanks for the laughs. The next struggle will be you crawling under the coop scraping chicken poop as you go to get the new gold/eggs. Here in central PA we have an abundance of red tailed hawks which have got several of our chickens and ducks until we added GEESE. Nothing messes with our chickens and ducks now. The wife and I love your videos.

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[@bambamnj]

Something to think about. If you don't want to have one really big run area all in one place on your property for your chickens, what you can do is create a couple different fenced in areas in different places. Now, of course you probably don't want to place them too far away from your current location because what you are going to do is create a small door in your current run fence and then create a "chicken tunnel" that the chickens can use to get to the other runs. Think of it like a farmer who has several pastures and moves his herd around for grazing. Your chickens will always have access to your current run and the coop, but via the tunnel, will have access to more space, whenever you want to give it to them. If you want to confine them, then you close the door leading out of the main run and the chickens will be restricted to only the main run for however long you determine. There will of course need to be a door in each of the other runs for the other end of the tunnel to connect to. Think of the old "Habitrail" systems for gerbils, where you could connect different modular habitats via tubes for the gerbils to traverse. Now the tunnel doesn't need to connect to all of the runs all at the same time. You can make the tunnel in such a way that you can pull it up and move it when you give the chickens access to a different run. Let's say you create three new runs and you run your chicken tunnel from your main run (run #1) to one of the three new runs (run #2). Then after a month or two you switch the tunnel so that it connects to run #3. Then finally to run #4. This way you always have 2 runs in recoup stage, while the Chickens are using your main run and the remaining run. Also, this means you don't have to have the other two runs completely covered all the time. you only need to cover the main run and whichever run the tunnel is presently going to. This would be a little more work, since you would have to move the top screening every time you switched runs, but I am sure you can design the top screening in such a way that would make it easy to unscrew and move.. Same with the tunnel, if you created the tunnel in sections you could just pull up from the ground and then re-stake, it should be relative easy to redirect the tunnel to the other locations and if you make the door in your main run such that you can slide a piece of wood to close it securely, it gives you a lot of options

[@ps603]

Next time, attach the board to the house for the peak. I agree with the others, attach to surrounding trees. I love the hen house. One of the prettiest I've ever seen.

[@JocularJack]

Sorry to hear about your chicken, hope the adjustment helps! One note on the new chickens - They need enough time to learn the coop and get familiar with the laying boxes, keep them inside the coup for a week or temporarily block off the part of the run that allows them access to beneath the coop, otherwise some of them may decide to nest down there and you'll be crawling under the coop to collect their eggs and fighting off opportunistic black snakes.

[@forced4motorsports]

Sorry for your loss. This happened to me recently as well, but it was a bobcat. I didn't lose the bird, but her injuries were worse that she let on. I was planning to harvest her so moved up the date due to the attack. Mine are dual purpose so I'm not going to spend tens or hundreds on vet bills for a bird I would otherwise be eating. She will give nourishment to an olive tree I'm planting this weekend. The attack happened in my 16x16 run extension; deer poles with 4 feet of hardware cloth (6 inches buried) surrounded by rock and shell as the footing. The rest is nylon, including the roof - and the cat just rested on the hardware cloth and sliced a hole through the nylon. I'm in FL and we have land and air predators that make unsupervised free ranging impossible. After the attack, I put chicken wire up from the top of the hardware cloth to the top of the bars, which are 7 feet. I'll be putting up 2x4 on the front and back of the run this weekend and running chicken wire for the roof as well. I don't think a cat, racoon, or possum would clime 7 feet, but we have owls too so I'm not taking any more chances.

[@woodlandharvesthoneycompanyllc]

Your plan is a good one but letting the chickens run under the coup my cause you a little trouble. Some of your hens will probably decide that is a good place to make a nest and lay eggs and that will be a pain getting them out. Also if one decides to brood under there it will be hard getting her out. Just a thought.

[@davidyarbrough4830]

what if the chickens start laying eggs under the chicken house?

[@johnk.3593]

We had to do the same basic thing. Luckily we were home when the hawk attacked. It got all the way into the coop but didn't kill any of our chickens. Looks like great netting.

[@robg410]

Finally a gas powered post hole digger! Made my back hurt watching you dig post holes manually for so long.

[@jimwilloughby]

I'll bet the chickens will love going under the coop on those hot summer days. The down side is , you might have to crawl under there to gather eggs.

[@virginiasmith1336]

Great job. Personally I would have tried taking the netting over the coop too. Thanks for sharing. Looked like you could have used another pair of hands

[@buddyreed2623]

Hello Wes. I guess it would have been nice to have some help, but you made the best of it. It looks good. Perhaps some of the excess can be tied to the existing netting to cover the open gap. Have good days!

[@gotti5472]

I think the chickens will be laying eggs under the coop. ?

[@woodintheworks3275]

One idea is to use pvc piping to make a canopy frame for the netting and maybe keep it more stable

[@Gavrielle_Am_Yisrael_Chai]

I'm in southern Kentucky (clay soil here too) & got 25 chicks coming to add to my flock. Seeing this video reminded me I need to get a *GREAT PYRENEES*. I had one years ago & they really do protect the flock PLUS they are amazing with kids & family! So gentle & sweet to people but NOT to predators....

[@xPopee]

Hope those chickens dont lay eggs under the coop 🥚🥚🥚

[@craigsudman4556]

We use to hang tarps all the time when we went camping. The first thing I would do would be to run a ridge line that would support the tarp in the middle. If I was lucky there would be a branch in the right spot to drape the end of the line over so that I would be able to tighten the ridge line from the ground. Then attaching the corners of the tarp to lines and then stake them to the ground or tie them to trees and pull the tarp taut. Great video Wes thumbs up.

[@birchmoonfarm101]

Dont beat yourself up too much. It just happens sometimes. :( I have silkies and my little silkie rooster fought a hawk off and thankfully I went out and scared it off before it finished him. He was tired and I think had given up. I think the hawk was too. I was only alerted because I saw all my girls running across the yard that was covered in snow....not normal behavior for silkies LOLOL He is probably the same size as the hawk but he is a bad a$$. LOLOL

[@aaronfletcher3971]

Cut the extra off down the sides and use in and black zip ties to fill in the holes. A hawk can get in through a small gap once they find it. Not only can they dive fast but there aim is also excellent.

[@makeitkate3240]

Hopefully they’ll have the netting back in stock soon! We’ve lost plenty of chickens and ducks due to hawks, and we’ve got more chicks coming in a few weeks. Thanks for the tips!

[@d.a.tsun5104]

I've lost a lot of chickens in one attack...from my far neighbor's dogs. Last month only 5 hens and 2 roosters, one day devastation.

[@galejenness7615]

Personally! I think you been better off to not cut your netting and instead ran the whole netting over your coop and then you wouldn't had to deal with the cut netting on the back side of the coop! Honestly think it be much easier and done better just taking the netting over the coop roof! BTW, I can tell you for a fact your netting much better then the netting I bought. Mine was like those Christmas lights you mention only worse! 😂 I'll be looking for that netting you got next time!

[@e.duncan6256]

I’m a grandma and have to do my building, fixing etc by myself. Sometimes things aren’t as pretty as I’d wish, but it just needs to work.

[@stephenmonger9369]

I was just thinking you might be better off with two uprights and a ridge pole, and then you arrived at the same conclusion.

[@robertdicarlo4490]

What if they decide to lay under the coop? Chickens are kinda crazy that way !!! Are you gonna send Jr. on his belly under there to get eggs ?🐓🐓🐓🐓

[@billiejones9448]

I saw on another video the person has some black chickens and since then they don’t have a problem with hawks. The reason he said is the black chickens look like crows. Apparently hawks are scared of crows. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@hopek3141]

So I watched this guy who free ranges his chickens in his garden. He puts a bunch of tall bushes that provide covering. Also it minimizes predators from the sky cause they don’t have room to dive and go up, the areas were to narrow for it. So that’s another idea

[@gallopingg1]

YOU COULD HAVE JUST TAKEN IT OVER THE CHICKEN HOUSE!! AND PUT EXTENTIONS ON THE FOUR OUTER POSTS OF THE PEN AREA, THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU A HIGH HEAD HIGHT, SO YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WALK INSIDE THE CHICKEN RUN AREA!! JUST AN IDEA, FROM UK.

[@jimmowers7675]

Great addition to your chicken run. Shouldn’t have to worry about the hawks now. Thanks for sharing.

[@catgynt9148]

“I hope it’s not like untangling Christmas lights “ what a terrific observation. I laughed out loud because I had the same thought just before you said it. If you have any cable or line, consider adding a superstructure at about 8’ to support across the yard rather than a circus tent pole. Wishing you, your family and flock happier days, and restful evenings. Peace brother

[@Sword-Shield]

Get ready to do the low crawl up underneath that coup to retrieve the 🥚 eggs ! I see them scratching out their hole for the eggs🥚 now ! 😁✌👍🤣

[@manuela.guilamo4939]

A rooster can be a good addition, surprisingly they take care of the chickens and are always vigilant

[@Our_life_outdoors_Alaska]

We just had the same thing happen and I could have prevented it but winter stopped me from getting it done! We hung scare tape, more netting, DVDs and got an owl decoy! That’s the best I can do until break up! Good luck!

[@madsciencegary3830]

I hope they don't start roosting underneath and laying their eggs down there where you have to crawl under to get them.

[@MadRiverHomestead]

Nice video…very similar to what we did with the netting. You can hang some metallic shiny ribbon around those open areas if you’re uneasy about them. One of my neighbors just has several strings across the top of his run with ribbon about every 2-3 feet and he hasn’t lost a chicken in 8 years.

[@sharonromer6606]

I think I'd of put the net over top the chicken house instead of around 😉

[@bessiebrooks7353]

You did a great job. You will probably do changes sent you finished it. Good luck!!

[@e020443]

Your chicken "house" progress, combined with my #1 daughter-in-law's chicken adventures in a Phoenix suburb led me to watch a series of vlogs made by a woman in Wisconsin having to do with raising chickens. I'm now hooked and will continue to follow your chicken progress carefully. Good luck!.

[@katieallen3927]

You might want to consider adding a guard goose to your flock.

[@jdollar5852]

I'm exhausted! You handled this project like I handle most of mine. Let's just see how it works out. Watching you try to put a cedar tree in there, by yourself, looked eerily familiar to me. We put a 12' 4x4 post in the middle of our run, nailed a square of plywood to the top, and draped our net over it. We took the net over the top of our coop. We nailed some 2x4s to our posts to make them longer and then used zip ties to attach the net. We have about 5-7' at the back side of our run that has no net and haven't had a hawk get in yet. Everything in the woods will kill a chicken. I've lost them to fox, coon ,possum, coyotes, and hawks.

[@d.a.tsun5104]

😄 I admire people like you two who would do things 'by ear' (I'm not really sure what that means). If I were to do this, I would look at the project at every angle on paper, in my head, for days before actually doing it. When the net was put around the pole, I was thinking "that's way too low, why not put a cable or something from the hen house to one of the trees to raise the middle of the net?" When he put the trees and the beam, I thought "I would put that structure first, then hang the net over the beam, then start to pull the edge toward the hen house and the other edge to the fence..." Well, that's just me, easy for me to say than actually doing it.

[@kevinnorton03]

I did the same thing. You won’t have any issues with hawks anymore but it’s fun to watch them fly around and check out your chickens. I have bald eagle fly over my run all the time and have never lost a chicken

[@andychristopher3887]

Get a couple of fake owls and put on the fence posts

[@prpaulo1]

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[@hollandduck79]

wouldn't a central wire from the coop to that tree in the middle of the run have been easier to hang the net over? you could still do this way on the sides to get more height to use the surplus on the sides to get more height

[@tonyn3123]

I have never used this material either, but I looked up the product online and the cost also appears very reasonable. Even if it only last 2-3 years, it will not be too expensive to replace. Thanks.

[@Walkingkarma64]

A gander helps keep hawks away. 💕

[@khabardar1919]

Please maintain consistency 40k people's wait for your videos everyday 🙌

[@GentlemenMonkey]

Had a similar problem a while back, I also put up poultry netting over my chicken run as well as an owl decoy in a high spot where chickens can't see from below but predator birds could see from above. Haven't had a problem since. I also like that the netting increases biosecurity with the avian flu still around, the netting also keeps opportunistic wild birds from coming down and snatching chicken grain.

[@alive.off-grid]

Nothing's good but you need a dog out there. A dog will keep away Hawks

[@notrut]

22:15 Dog wandering around behind Coop ...

[@Peachy08]

Looks like you could've used a couple more people to have made the job a bit easier. I have a lot of hawks in my area. We had to spend a bit more but I used 6 foot fencing for our run. Then I covered the entire top with chicken wire. I went around the entire thing with a trench and lined it with cinder blocks and poured concrete all the way around. While concrete was wet I put metal U shaped hooks over the bottom of fencing and stuck it in wet cement. I hopefully have made it as critter proof from hawks and rodents. Plus it is still tall enough I can walk comfortably under it.

[@rosenbaumacres]

I free range my flocks for many many yrs. Have hawks around frequently & even couple eagles around. Larger Birds do well to keep them away. I've always used Turkeys, but others like Geese as well. Or LGD keeps them safe if able to have nearby.

[@johnhamilton9229]

Persistents prevails again 👍👍

[@davem5370]

We have a 10x10 pen with only 4 chickens. We covered it with chicken wire to keep predatory birds out and surrounded it with a single strand hot wire to keep other predators out. Working well so far. The chicken house came out great 👍

[@MrSpinnerbug]

Coming from experience, I would suggest that you use hardware cloth around the lower 3 feet of your run area the large fence you have would allow weasels or other such animals to get through😊

[@gdot9046]

I’d recommend a scarecrow and some metallic colored ribbon to hand from branches or across their run area. Also CDs string verticallythat reflect light. All those act as predator repellant. Obviously these suggestions aren’t needed if you cover the run like you did, but others with a bigger run area might want to try these suggestions.

[@somewherreinmaine]

How do you feel about having a rooster? They will watch the skies, whereas hens tend to just look down. Sucks to lose a bird :(

[@jjudy5869]

I would not advise a rooster because of his son being so young. It's one thing for a rooster to go after an adult or a teen-age child and another for a child as young as his son.

[@aaronfletcher3971]

The right bread of rooster wouldn’t chase the little boy and if he handles it from the time it is a chick could even be a good pet and help watch out for him just like he would one of his hens.

[@CiaofCleburne]

I’m so sorry for your loss. I have trained my beagle to watch the sky. He doesn’t allow a bird of prey near our compound. He is highly trained and it was a fun experience training him for that.

[@dalet6250]

We have lost a couple chickens to a hawk over the last two months. This is a great idea and I hope to use it soon. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@trampster7306]

Great video Wes. I first wondered if it was a Snake that had got in with the Chickens - I didn't think of Aerial predators. Good move with the net, and I was thinking at first you needed some poles in the middle, but the Cedar plank was a great idea. Well done! Stay safe & well. 👍👍

[@marceltrudel5624]

If you are talking about using nylon netting to cover the chicken fence area, it might not be a good idea because i had a small pond for my pride Kois fish,and i netted it over with nylon, well i heard noise outside and found this hawk tangled in the net, it was no fun to get it loose, i took the netting off and used chicken wire instead, it didn't look as good but it done the trick ,

[@U_ever]

The "LIKE" button has been torqued to the manufacturer's recommended specification. "CLICK". God forbid Wes that you should be running around Georgia there with a loose "LIKE" button !

[@southernyards2152]

Struggling with spending the initial expense on my build to (A Large Run VS A Larger Roam Area You Just Helped in my ideas 💡 Eventually My Ladies 🐓 will have both but not this year. The Hen Hen House I'm working on will be a 6x12 and about 3 feet of the ground. Enclosing the underside with access for inspection and girls to escape I could work on a good roam area first. The Run will Cost a Good Bit and can come later👊🏼🐓🐥🥚

[@kasie680]

Looks cool mate you killed it!! Ps what is your name??

[@robandnell4305]

We are going to get chickens. This is good to know. Hope the chickens don't lay under the house.

[@WillPOnya]

While I do enjoy your videos, you aren't much of a planner, are you. You might want to consider making 'suggestion videos' in the future before starting a project you've never done before. Study all the input you receive and then build a coherent plan first. I would have gladly explained the process for you if only you had asked for advice first. To borrow from Mike Patey, "back to work".

[@joeanonemouse]

10:36 🤣🤣 They're jut doing what God designed them to do. 😁 Yummm. Great video. Love your channel. Thank you.

[@Lapeerphoto]

23:01 I think I might have run a guy-wire from near the peak of the coup to the back post (extended taller with 1 tree). There are always multiple solutions, I know, for me, a guy wire would have been simpler, I hate digging post holes. LOL

[@galejenness7615]

Chickens will love getting under the coop! Unfortunately you may not like it as much when your chickens start laying their eggs under the coop? Or the chickens may just decide to nest under the coop and sit on their eggs till they hatch! What happens to me every so often. Chicken disappears for a while, then shows up with 3-13 chicks running behind the hen! Then you got to gather up all the chicks and get them somewhere safe with the right food, water, heat source, etc, that the chicks need to survive! BTW, stay away from those red heat lamps! They have much better and safer chick heaters that's on adjustable plastic legs and you adjust the heater where the chicks just barely get under the heater to stay warm. these heaters don't put out a lot of heat and why their so safe to use! I actually have 2 of these heaters now and probably going to get a third? think it's 10 chicks that can get under the heater together! Gives you a an idea how many surprise chicks I cna get thru spring and summer! 😂

[@trevorseidel4536]

I put up similiar netting over a larger run (100' x 100'), it was very pain staking. I used 3/8" rope strung accross the top supported by a few poles in the middle to support the netting. Tied the net off every few feet along the top of the perimeter fence with bailing twine. It has worked very well and held up to cold/snowy winters.

[@watsonrk1]

A buddy of mine had ducks. Stopped one day, they were all walking with there head tilted to one side... what's wrong with those ducks? He says, there's a hawk up there and they can only see on one side, there vision doesn't go all the way around like ours. Thought he was smoking dope! Sure enough, couple minutes later, hawk flies by up pretty high. Who would have known, owned chickens for years, never knew. There is someone on KZbin that has trained them to run when she yells "hawk". Maybe that's a solution? Pretty funny!

[@eddiebarrera-ws8vu]

Scarecrows also help with some predators,even some manicans would help deter some predators.

[@mattpeacock5208]

I think your main problem is you're doing two-man jobs by yourself. But hey, self-reliance, right?

[@marklester9679]

Necessity is the mother of invention. Great job.

[@randyc4959]

we had an unusual event with an owl, it went into a fully lit coop and started systematically killing every bird it could get to. nearly wiped us out. we got it cornered (vicious b@$t@r&) and managed to get in touch with our very overloaded and overworked Conservation Agent. She basically said "the owl is in your territory, do what you have to do to protect your birds." so we did. with it's unusual behavior, we wondered if it could have suffered brain damage. it might have been the one that had a head on collision with my Volkswagen van (left a yuge dent in my campmobile) many years ago. I was led to understand that hawks didn't like flying into a spot they couldn't instantly pull out of, should they decide to abort the dive. you might keep eyes/ears open for more trouble, it may not have been what you think.

[@jimh4167]

For flying predators another inexpensive detourer Drive t-posts ir rebar Maybe 4 ft high min.. Staggered so landing and taking off is difficult if not impossible

[@OldChief3854]

We have hawks, owls and bald eagles. I built my run out of 4" pvc sewer pipe and made arches out of 3/4" pvc. Covered the run with bird netting and zip tied the netting to the pvc. Doesn't keep dogs out but has kept any birds out, so far. Didn't secure the base to the ground. Birds go in the hen house at dark and sleep inside. Lost 5 hens and a rooster to a dog a couple of weeks back but haven't lost any to coons, foxes or possums.

[@Screamingpinesfarm]

look up building pheasant flight pens ( Mcfarlane pheasant farm)

[@sharpshorts]

Do you see any issues with the chickens laying eggs under the coop? If they do you won't be able to harvest those from the center...plus they'll rot and make more stink than chickens already make...

[@seanparchim9165]

Will the chickens want to lay eggs under the Coop,just a question that popped into my melon ✌️ Napa California

[@kthwkr]

I think many farmers bury the fence about a foot down to stop critters from digging under the fence. Your chicken coup stays put. Just A Few Acres has electric fencing around it. Coyotes and racoons will dig under the fence.

[@cvmikeray2]

Wes, You can trim that long side off and tie it back in to the end where you need more to finish the side.

[@phillee2814]

If you want any wooden posts to last indefinitely without rotting, char the end that goes into the ground thoroughly, right up to surface level, or even above if you can handle the smudging it can leave for a year or so, or can seal it with something non-toxic above ground level. It's a preservation method that has been well-proven to last for at least a thousand years. Good on letting them shelter underneath the coop, as long as you can get them out when you need to! Why not hang a rope between a couple of existing trees on each side of the run to support the middle from the outside? Trimming the edges will give easily enough spare netting to close the ends off. Raptors can certainly stoop at very high speeds, but also have amazing visual acuity, and will see the net and not even try. It's a shame you lost one, but hindsight is 20/20.

[@ICU2B4UDO]

Since you have the extra netting, don't waste time sleeping on what you know you have to do and completely block in the hole on the side...Hawks aren't stupid, if they see an area to get under the net, you're going to be down a few more 🐔s and you can prevent that from happening...

[@learnjcbskidsterchickensga7594]

An acquaintance had great success with 15 pound or more fishing line. Criss crossed over the open range… I am like you it hasn’t happened yet, but I need to do that. He lost more than one chicken and he is a highly wooded area surrounding the run A wildlife center use Grapevine s

[@lkw911news9]

My chickens free-range and I got lots of little hiding places they can run , I lock them up at night and unlock them in the morning and the last two years of Lost 3 chicken but I'd rather have them free range than cooped up .

[@1herbert100]

You know it could have been racoon that got your chicken. I live in the city and they killed my goose. Maybe you need a camera at night. That net job made me laugh looked like they way I do things.haha God Bless.

[@fludrbywest3886]

I agree , , sorry for your loss. That all goes with chicken keeping , kritters from ground as well. ❤

[@nvalles2565]

You plan sounds no good for some obvious reasons. It seems like predator 101. Letting em go under the house seems like another bad idea. Eggs will be under there for sure. It will attract more predators. Shake my head.

[@patriciatewhetu6808]

Here in New Zealand we lived in a small rural block that had hawks all day everyday, the only way to keep the hens safe were to have there coup covered completely camouflaged in the trees with nets. Kept it reasonably close to the house, chickens would be wondering thru house and always return to coup at night.

[@bobbycampbell9529]

Nail the extra netting about the window, don't cut it. You did a good job SEMPER FI

[@geostanley409]

Will the chickens not lay eggs under the building? Seems like snakes would be a concern under the building as well.

[@iselldfw]

Why not just go over the whole roof of the coop with the netting... seems like you had plenty, would have avoided the tedious cutting.

[@deaddy57]

cut some of the excess and fix your last hole that was behind you. i was wondering do hawks get prey only while diving? or can he just fly in and grab a snack?

[@nickmastroianni5557]

Probably not a problem in Georgia, but up north, I wonder how the netting would hold up to say, a 2 foot snowfall.

[@patty9265]

Take that excess cut it off and use it to cover that hole. And zip tie it all together even on the fence line. And instead of the over kill on coop house you should of raised it way more off the ground. Your birds will be laying underneath it now . Easy meal for snakes.