The local Hoodies

We don't have foxes in Orkney so the hens cant get 'foxed' as they may do down South.
But we do have hooded crows  - the local Hoodie.

The Wikipedia page  lists their diet as  to include small animals.  And here that means newly hatched chicks  are a target.   The yield from the hatching chicks so far hasn't been good ( 5 chicks from 11 eggs for Emma the hen and 5 from 9 for Harriet the hen)

So they need protection - and we have netted one of the hen houses so that the hen and chicks can come outside and not be predated by the Hoodie