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Cool. It would be very nice to have ornamental grass that they don't find tasty.

Related question - is there a lawn grass you can have that chickens won't eat?

I built this shelf. Only problem is it's not wide enough, but it functions well and is easily removable for cleaning.

Quote: It's not intended to keep predators out. It's a day run. They are locked in the roost at night.

This weekend I finally got around to completing most of the coop run/expansion. It's not finished yet, but I just had to share. Basically, I built the vertical posts using the method described here. Using some leftover gates, I framed in the rest. View from above. The poultry wire is...

Do you really need a heat lamp? A regular flood is probably enough.

The red is laying... I don't think the cochin is very frequently.

We have a cochin who is more or less always broody and likes to keep our golf balls warm. Lately (last couple of months) the Red hen who is above her in pecking order has been attacking her. The cochin's head is nearly devoid of feathers. At first, we thought it was a dominance thing, but...

Yeah, I forgot to mention that we close them in the coop at night. So this is really a day area.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I am still thinking about building an L shaped run, and I would really live to utilize the space on the left of the garage. The chain link fence isn't mine, so I can't remove it. Also, the white picket fence matches the rest of the fence around my property...

Hi everyone, We'd like to extend a run from our coop so our hens can have an expanded and enclosed area. In the pictures below, we'd like to utilize the space to the left of the coop, and include the area to the left of the garage. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Stormy day but the girls loved it!

I've noticed that our young ones go in before the older ones. Don't know if it's age or habit. But trust in that once they know the coop is home, they WILL go in!

(S)he crowed this morning!

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