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I'm on the west side. My run is only netted over, but if you can afford to cover it with a solid roof, I'd recommend that as the birds will definitely appreciate it on our many rainy days.

Haha, I could've just blacked over the flood waters in the back - the photo is from early last year so we all survived it. :) 2020 was worse, the chickens ended up locked in the coop for 2 days as the water was about 4" high across the yard.

I need sides on mine for sure as we get severe wind driven rain storms each spring and fall, and I have no covering over the run other than netting. Makes orientation of the shelters important as well, so I turn/move them if needed to adjust for incoming storms.

They're actually recycled pieces from our old prefab coop, I dismantled it into 3 sections and that's 2 of the pieces. The section with the metal roof doubles as a chick brooder. I have no real building capability. :)

I would aim for something bigger if I had even more space to work with, but these are small enough that I can move them around by myself as needed. For my flock of 10 birds it's about enough shelter (considering some birds stay out despite the weather conditions).

Yeah I have 2 "shelters" in the run and both are completely open across the length (ignore the flooding in the photo lol). The birds seem to enjoy hanging out in them regardless of the weather, but they get used most heavily when it's rainy. Mine are the same with the coop - unless the...

Mine don't like run shelters it if they're too enclosed so if wind/weather intrusion isn't an issue, I'd leave the whole front open. If they don't use it like that (or turns out that wind is an issue) you can always add more coverage later, or use something temporary to block off part of it in...