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This second hand story has my 'skeptical radar' blaring....not that I don't believe you Trish, but I doubt the young man telling you the story.They had a DNR officer come out. Four hawks were perched about when he arrived. They were able to show him several pictures of multiple hawks stalking their chickens, and the DNR said "that is ridiculous! Just start shooting them." He left the family with his business card with a case number on it - no permit issued.
You're funny. I've told you before remember when you thought it was Do Not Resuscitate.What does DNR stand for?
We used bright orange baling twine before we finished fencing the top of the run. It worked well and was easy to work with. Someone also mentioned hanging old cds from the twine. Didn’t try that, but apparently we didn’t need to. We have hawks, eagles, owls, and crows...Good info by may highly depend on particular DNR officer.
Try fishing line over the top of your run (versus or besides netting or fencing).
My theory is that in aerial predator eyes:
netting/fencing (which is safe to walk over while trying to break through) = you are desperately trying to protect your chickens, whereas
fishing line (danger of tangling) = you are trying to catch the predator (welcoming it into the chicken run and just using chickens as bait), so the predator think "they are already onto me and I better stay away from that evil person's entrapment"
Was the twine to only thing over the run.....or did you add mesh on top too?We used bright orange baling twine before we finished fencing the top of the run. It worked well and was easy to work with.