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    Fully enclosed, covered runs.....cheaply?

    Yes, drainage plan was an afterthought.......one that I haven't quit kicking myself about. The sand has been a HUGE help, and we have since put in a french drain. But since it's also made of pallets, the water collects underneath the coop on the downhill side......which is nice in the 100%...
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    Fully enclosed, covered runs.....cheaply?

    Oh I think your pen is lovely Blooie! I just have a love/hate relationship with rain. LOL! I love it, we need it, but we get too much sometimes! Haha! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE a concrete floor. Sigh...... I had one once in a place I rented.....it was an old smoke house I used for the birds...
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    Fully enclosed, covered runs.....cheaply?

    Wonderful ideas! My main pen is cattle fence, but I have run into the problem of making it rain proof. At one point we got so much rain, and the tarp wasn't long enough or pulled tight enough, that it piled on top and bent the panel. (!) Also, since the ground is uneven, the water ran off the...
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    Fully enclosed, covered runs.....cheaply?

    Did I just write an oxymoron? LOL! I need more runs. Unfortunately where I live, EVERYTHING has to be fully enclosed as I cannot let my babies free range (WAAAAAY too many preds on the loose.) And where my current pens are located, I need to have them covered. The ground is not perfectly...
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