Brian, if you've got small animals you might not want raptors about, however, owls hunt exclusively at night so if you incarcerate your fowl overnight the losses should be manageable They're very efficient hunters. We were practically overrun with rabbits over the past few years, so much so that there were fights between rival rabbit gangs. A sight I'd never seen before featuring about a dozen rabbits beating up on one old guy. I'm not sure if it was the alpha male finally getting unthroned or what but those suckers were mean and this went on for hours just circling and darting in for a kick or a bite and making growling noises I'd never heard come out of a rabbit before. Since the owls have been around there are almost no rabbits around - I spotted two a couple of mornings ago but there are no more roaming gangs. I also like that owls don't hunt the songbirds unlike hawks. When we've had hawks about its been awfully quiet with no chirping, twittering songbirds about.
Mark
Mark