If you go with an actual roof, don't get the clear plastic corrugated roofing from Lowe's. If you do decide to go with plastic roofs, get either the metal roof or the thicker colored plastic roof. The clear one for whatever reason started cracking and breaking and getting very brittle after 2 years. The thicker colored one is still in great shape. We're in the same boat with replacing our run roof this year.
For me it’s pop, chili dog and party store.I keep hearing this ad on the radio that's like, "here in Michigan it isn't soda, it's pop. It isn't a chili dog, it's a coney dog. And you don't go to the convenience store, it's the party store."
I call it soda, I call it a chili dog, and I just call it the store.
We have both the clear and white corrugated plastic for our run roof. No issues so far but it hasn't even been a year yet so we'll see how it holds up. Roof is at a big slant, 10ft in the back and 7ft in the front. Snow still builds up on it but slides right off when it starts to melt. The supports keep it from sagging.
I called it pop up until a certain age when I switched to soda. No idea why
Hi. I'm currently researching chicken laws in various MI cities because there is a bill proposed in the MI legislature that would prevent Michigan municipalities from banning backyard chickens. The proposed law says it's to allow people in "urban" areas to keep chickens for their own use, however this proposed law has restrictions that in my opinion would preclude a lot of urban dwellers from keeping chickens. For instance, a requirement of 1/4 acre land and having the chicken coop 50 ft away from any neighboring structure. Many if not most urban lots can't meet that requirement.
Our roof is just 3 long branches across with odd cuts of metal we had in the scrap pile screwed into the branches thats attached to the metal dog kennel with metal wire from fencing lol. We then put painters plastic over it with tires to hold the plastic down (my mothers idea). But its shredded to bits and still leaking. I have a tarp on the under side to catch it and go elsewhere to keep the majority of the ground dry underneath.
Our roof has very little slant. It did fine before but this winter is just hitting differently lol Still working out the flaws I guess you can say lol.
Oh boy does it ever freak out the chickens! Which freaks me out lol
Our boy Casanova was crowing inside the coop and I heard some hens make a growl sound. And our geese starting honking until I started talking to them while trying to shovel and shove snow off the roof. lol.
