LOL! so funny - had the same situation with my other half. He now loves the chickens and don't let him fool ya - he has fallen in love with those turkeys as well.
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I'm relatively new to poultry but have taken the approach that as long as the racoons and coyotes can't get in, I'm good. That said, we don't have a big issue with snakes or mink, etc where I am. I think if you did you'd want to see gaps a bit more vigilantly.
I pUT the opaque panels up over my run and they are excellent ND letting filtered light in. Very easy to do! My suggestion would be to pick an end section and close it off with hardware cloth, use those opaque panels to get some light through the ceiling, even maybe a section of the wall, get...