Thank you for the advice FlyWheel. I was thinking of using butterfly netting or something similar, pegged down so the chicks can't push under it. I'll definitely put it round the other three sides in that case, as well as using it for the partition.
Hello, I'm new to BackYard Chickens. I started keeping chickens four months ago and am already an addict. I've got a four x two meter run, with a two level coop and three lovely ladies at the moment. My Rhode Rock has turned broody (for the second time in the last two months), and as I was...
Hi, I've got three girls as I'm new to chicken keeping. My coop is in a covered run and I use hemp in both the coop and on the earth floor of the run. It is really absorbent so keeps my girls clean and fresh smelling. I use diatomaeous earth puffed inside the coop and sprinkled on the run...
Hi, I'm new to the forum and wanted to ask what size mesh would safely keep new chicks inside the run? I've a broody hen and she's now sitting on eight fertile eggs that I got for her as she's so desperate to hatch a brood. I was advised by the experienced breeder I got the eggs from to...