i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

[pollipazzi]

it's probably more than 7 feet away? this is the garden. the old greenhouse is to the left and obviously down further.

 

[RoyalChick]

i was thinking i could get something like this. put a couple together. but the problem is the doors to the run and greenhouse.
https://www.amazon.ie/Greenhouse-11...42226959793&psc=1&language=en_IE&gad_source=1

I had two thoughts. One was exactly something like that and the other was those puppy panels set up in two parallel lines with tarp across the top.
Either could work.
On the door I would hang something from the top of the door frame down to the top of the tunnel. Could be wire or tarp or fabric or plastic sheeting. Anything to stop them coming out of the greenhouse and jumping onto the top of the tunnel.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Ah, I thought this one was made of plastic, don’t cut through the glass!!
Lovely garden

 

[RoyalChick]

it's probably more than 7 feet away? this is the garden. the old greenhouse is to the left and obviously down further.View attachment 4250656

Pretty!
So the tunnel will be going across paving slabs. That means you can’t anchor it to the ground with stakes.
Another thing you could do is get cat play tunnels and connect them.
The one below is 4’ long. They are collapsible for easy storage and cheap.

 

[pollipazzi]

I had two thoughts. One was exactly something like that and the other was those puppy panels set up in two parallel lines with tarp across the top.
Either could work.
On the door I would hang something from the top of the door frame down to the top of the tunnel. Could be wire or tarp or fabric or plastic sheeting. Anything to stop them coming out of the greenhouse and jumping onto the top of the tunnel.

yes! i like the parallel lines idea too because i learned from the old polytunnel how being curved isn't great in a rectangle opening. but the bird netting did work all summer for them and i can easily clip it to the top of the door. i have loads of other stuff i could use instead of netting too. and i can also just open the door a small bit instead of fully. i think the hoops would be cheaper though and there are steps and stones to deal with so hoops might be easier that way.

 

[pollipazzi]

Ah, I thought this one was made of plastic, don’t cut through the glass!!
Lovely garden

thank you we got the grown up version this time

 

[pollipazzi]

Pretty!
So the tunnel will be going across paving slabs. That means you can’t anchor it to the ground with stakes.
Another thing you could do is get cat play tunnels and connect them.
The one below is 4’ long. They are collapsible for easy storage and cheap.
View attachment 4250657

i could go alongside and just move the bench. i have loads of those landscape staples.
i love those cat tunnels! but they don't. lol! i got them a small one and put it in the run. they wouldn't go near it. i even put mealworms in and i would see them sneak their heads in as far as they could, but always there were some left in the very middle. lol!

it's now underneath the coop to block off the empty space where thelma tried to go broody and i couldn't reach her

 

[pollipazzi]

maybe i'll just try to pick them up and stick them in.
that might be harder at first but maybe when they see where they're going it'll get easier

 

[tlcmurphy]

maybe i'll just try to pick them up and stick them in.
that might be harder at first but maybe when they see where they're going it'll get easier

How many different directions do YOU think 2 chickens can run?

 

[pollipazzi]

How many different directions do YOU think 2 chickens can run?

ALL of them.

all of the directions!