How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] 1" vs 2" poultry netting

In the day time, my kids all come out into a large chain link fenced yard to play and eat the grass, scratch for bugs etc. They have several places to run for cover for overhead attacks, along with random overhead netting. At night, they all sleep in a closed coop. In morning, open coop door and in evenings close and secure door. No such thing as being over protective, but am I lulling myself into trouble thinking nothing can get to them when they are most vulnerable at night.

Patrick

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:23 AM, CathrynTherese <cathryntherese@yahoo.com> wrote:

Four years ago our renter stole the old fashioned galvanized chicken fencing off of my chicken pen made of dog pen panel fencing while I was at school. I had hired help because of conferences and a family of opossums got in and killed my dearly beloved, gentle, beautiful, pendensencas. Even my helper cried over them. Karma has him now (I will try not to gloat over this; this same idiot would come over and kill my snakes too). I'd be careful with the dog pens because little opossums, little raccoons, small fox, et... you'd be surprised what can go thru chain link. I have double fencing on my pens with hardware cloth or another layer of fencing along the bottom making 4 layers, and wild bird netting. Some pens even have fencing on top of that to keep out snakes so they cannot get in, inbetween the layers of wild bird netting and eat my teeny silkie and serama chicks. Even then I do not trust my barn windows open with out fencing screens.

Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM in Michigan