Unsecure chicken perches

[Loon]

For those of you that have runs, do any of you have some kind of canopy over the top of the run instead of actually covering the run itself with a shower curtain or similar.

 

I want to keep the run covered but I'd like to be able to see the chickens at the same time and wondered if some kind of canopy would be better. My concern is that a canopy wouldn't give wind protection and possibly the wind might take it away!

[chickyhazel]

You can get see through shower curtains - we have one on our The Pink Penthouse.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm assuming it's an eglu run you have?

 

I used corrugated plastic sheeting on mine. You can put the sun shade on top when it's sunny (ha!) or just take the plastic off.

 

[The Dogmother]

My cube run (extended) has a clear tarpaulin form Tarpaflex covering it - it keeps the run water tight and is see-through.

[poachedegg]

For late spring and summer I have purchased some pink shower curtains to match our - I have just put them across the top to keep the run dry and on sunny days are easy to take off. As they are only on the top, the chickens can still be seen

 

[Loon]

Wow, loving the pink palace! I love pink but I don't think my OH would go for it

 

I think I'll go for the see through shower curtain as I have an Eglu classic.

 

it's great to see pics of what peoples chicken set ups look like. I've had a look at some of the pics from the albums sections but there isn't one specific to 'Chicken Housing' which is a shame. I've picked up alot of ideas from looking at peoples set ups and think it would be helpful to others if there was a pics section specific to chicken housing sp you can see what others have done and how they've solved various problems.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

There are photos of chicken runs - here .

[Loon]

Thanks for the link. There's some great chicken runs in amongst the pics! I'll make sure I keep the link so that i can refer to it when we come to constructing a WIR.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I take it you've seen this thread too? Takes a lot of reading but loads of useful info .

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=45544