Our babies are in the corner of the coop, so one side is surrounded by the rest of the coop, and the other side is just the outside, separated by wire of course. We have a tarp that we can roll up when the suns out, and before rain or a bad storm we pull it down and secure it with little bungee cords. Making some sort of heavy-duty curtain should help.
Our babies are in the corner of the coop, so one side is surrounded by the rest of the coop, and the other side is just the outside, separated by wire of course. We have a tarp that we can roll up when the suns out, and before rain or a bad storm we pull it down and secure it with little bungee cords. Making some sort of heavy-duty curtain should help.
Thank you! I was thinking of getting a tarp .....so you think my baby girls will be ok in the rain? Also, I was thinking of putting a small solar light in the roost....just for a while. Till I get them trained to go to bed on their own. Good idea or no?
About the light, I don't know if I would do it. It would be safe enough, but they need to know the difference between night and day. They won't roost (or dog pile like mine 
) if there's a light on. We've had about 5 or 6 rounds of chicks, and they never had a light when they were moved outside. They were fine. 
