Sorry, I missed this.
I have two adjoining run areas:
10' by 16' by 3'+ high under the coop with a 10' log swing & twisted branch about 10' on the ground;
12' by 15' HC cage/pole shed roofed with galvanized tin.
Summer run areas are HC open all round; winter everything is tarped except for...
I started my chicken journey allowing free range. Yes the chickens were happy but the predation rate was too high.
My solution was to build a fully enclosed run sized to the coop (up to 40 birds), have not looked back. My pop door stays open 24/7 and I have multiple feed stations across the...