Fences for Chickens

Most folks that know us and the farm already know that the chickens that live on the farm are permitted to range free.  They do roost at night in the chicken house but during they day they are usually out and about. They do what chickens do; scratch, peck, eat dirt, eat grass or what ever else they find that looks like it will be a tasty morsel.  The young pullets and roosters that I have though are generally confined to the chicken house lot.  Not because I force them to stay there but because most of them can't figure out how to leave the yard nor do they really seem to have a desire to do so.  What this means is that they have become easy picking for flying predators.  We've lost a number of them to these predators so today I finished installing netting over the lot.  Hopefully this will stem the loss.  Keep your fingers crossed!