Chicken run roof

A common question I have heard people ask is “Does a chicken run need a roof?” Maybe you have wondered that yourself. You have probably seen a lot of chicken runs with a roof and then also the many without. So what gives? #backyardchickens #chickencoop #chickenrun

This building project started a month before our son was born, and was completed when he was two months old. I had no formal plans, just some simple sketches intended for efficient use of...

we had bought a 6x10 dog kennel put hardware cloth over the ends , talked to a roofer he gave us some metal roof scrapes that we overhung by 8 inches so...

So the 6 x 8 coop we are building should be pretty secure from nighttime predators. However, my husband thinks that a few t-posts and some hardware cloth...

Hi everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Now that we’re through the big holiday I thought I’d catch you up on several projects that happened around the house in the past few…

All of our chicken coop plans call for corrugated polycarbonate roof panels. But whether you’re building one of our designs or something else, you have plenty of options. Many backyard coopers use corrugated metal, corrugated asphalt, or shingles over plywood instead. Read on to decide what’s the best type of roofing for your chicken coop. ... Read more

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If you asked me even a year ago if I would ever own chickens, I would probably look at you funny and say "No, I doubt it..." My girlfriend and I came to own chickens when the house we bought had existing outbuildings, and one of them had been...

So...we've been "winterizing" the chicken coop. Perhaps "remodeling" would be more descriptive. Ok, let's be real...our chickens now live ...