Poultry Netting. Photo from Petmaster Ross New. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/petmasternewross/
Avian poultry netting can help protect your chickens from predators by putting it around your chicken coop and you can use poultry netting over outdoor runs to prevent predatory birds like hawks and owls from snatching your chickens. Poultry netting will prevent wild birds from carrying diseases and parasites from wild birds if you get the 1 inch mesh. You can also use portable electric fencing around your coops for a most secure layer of protection for your birds.
Warnings:
Chickens can get caught in loose poultry netting, particularly baby chicks. I have even seen snakes get caught in poultry netting which was dragging on the ground on the outside of the run. Poultry netting should be securely attached.
Staples are not a good way to attach poultry netting to any surface as predators can easily pull hard enough on the netting to loosen or remove the staples.
Poultry fence netting should be securely attached to fence posts and additionally secured with zip ties.
Poultry netting used as cover over coop and run should be securely attached to the wood frame with another piece of wood or trim covering the top edges of the netting to prevent the netting from falling into the coop if a hawk or other predator gets on top of the netting. Netting should be secure enough that it will not fall down into the run and has no loose openings.
Measuring for Poultry Netting:
Measure the area you want to cover, so you can determine how much netting you need. If you only need netting on top of your run. Measure the size of your run. Example: If you have a square run and one side is 10 feet long and the other side is 20 feet long you will need to multiply 10 x 20 to find the amount of square feet you need. 10 x20 = 200 square feet. Poultry netting can be cut to fit the area you are trying to cover. Helpful figures to help you determine how much you need.
42" inches = 3.5 foot
48" inches = 4 foot
Warnings:
Chickens can get caught in loose poultry netting, particularly baby chicks. I have even seen snakes get caught in poultry netting which was dragging on the ground on the outside of the run. Poultry netting should be securely attached.
Staples are not a good way to attach poultry netting to any surface as predators can easily pull hard enough on the netting to loosen or remove the staples.
Poultry fence netting should be securely attached to fence posts and additionally secured with zip ties.
Poultry netting used as cover over coop and run should be securely attached to the wood frame with another piece of wood or trim covering the top edges of the netting to prevent the netting from falling into the coop if a hawk or other predator gets on top of the netting. Netting should be secure enough that it will not fall down into the run and has no loose openings.
Measuring for Poultry Netting:
Measure the area you want to cover, so you can determine how much netting you need. If you only need netting on top of your run. Measure the size of your run. Example: If you have a square run and one side is 10 feet long and the other side is 20 feet long you will need to multiply 10 x 20 to find the amount of square feet you need. 10 x20 = 200 square feet. Poultry netting can be cut to fit the area you are trying to cover. Helpful figures to help you determine how much you need.
42" inches = 3.5 foot
48" inches = 4 foot
