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If you can get free wood chips, go for it. I think the sand work well on dry climate, but wet climate will be an issue in the few years.
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Yep found that out the first heavy rain we had. The top filled with water and collapsed. I was poking holes in plastic to relieve the weight so I could push the broken boards up high enough to get some temporary screws in place. Haven’t had a chance to properly fix yet but at least I learned a good lesson. And now I have a soggy wet run againJust watch out for snow and rain caving in the top with the plastic up there. Dont ask me how i know.....
Yep found that out the first heavy rain we had. The top filled with water and collapsed. I was poking holes in plastic to relieve the weight so I could push the broken boards up high enough to get some temporary screws in place. Haven’t had a chance to properly fix yet but at least I learned a good lesson. And now I have a soggy wet run again
I can't tell there's an interesting story here...Dont ask me how i know.....
I have a small run, and after dealing with stinky mud in the summer, I covered the whole run with a sheet of plastic that I simply held down with bricks and rocks. After the mad flapping that some others have also experienced, I took a staple gun and stapled the sheet to the wood frame of the run. Fortunately, the roof of the run (just fencing to keep out hawks) is at an angle, so water runs off. This will be my first winter with this setup, so it's not yet snow-tested.madly flapping plastic in a wind driven rain storm
So sand is ok for a chicken run? I know they need to eat grit, but I wasn't sure about sand, if they do a lot of pecking in it, if it would be too much?
Yikes! It will be the first winter with this setup, so I'll have to sweep off as much snow as I can. One thing going for it is that it's under a very large spruce tree.@Kluk-Kluk , I hope you are ready to deal with the snow load, or your pen will collapse too.