Official BYC Poll: Is your RUN Covered or Not?

[Willow2253]

Netting over the run, and we’re planning on building a hard roof this year. However, the chickens free range and the yard isn’t covered. The floor of the run is just dirt and some gravel. Inside the coop is dirt floor too but we put down hay.

 

[Patchworkacres2020]

Our run is not covered. It’s 8x25, but I put a small sliding door in the side & open it around noon & let them out into a bigger area that’s about 4500sqft to free range.

 

[HomesteadDeb]

2x2 hardware cloth roof, with a shaded area under the coop where they hang out when it is hot. Being in Arizona rain/wet/snow isn't an issue, but now that it is getting hotter I'll be adding shade cloth over the hwc to give them more shaded area.

 

[Tashua]

2x4 welded wire mesh....typical stuff, can get it at most farm stores like TSC.

Amazon has it as well - free delivery

 

[wamtazlady]

When the coop was first built the run was not covered except with hardware cloth. I just put a tarp over the top when winter came to keep the snow out. The tarp worked, although it was not best. So a year and a half ago I bit the bullet and had a roof put over the run. I love it.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

All my runs are covered with poultry netting to protect my girls from hawks.

 

[NewBoots]

We're on the Oregon coast and get some pretty long lasting rain storms so we had the entire coop and run roofed over. In the future, I plan to add a secondary chicken wire run addition that will only be used in mild weather.

The coop wasn't completed in this picture, now the roof overhang is done on both ends.

 

[Esshea]

New to this but our run is kind of covered as we have hardware cloth over the top. An eagle tried to carry my cat off a few years ago so I’m super paranoid of aerial threats lol. The run isn’t covered for rain protection however they can access underneath to coop from it and can get some shade/rain cover.

 

[classyoutlaw]

So ours is a bit of both, I repurposed a boat lift cover frame (aluminum) and covered it with chicken wire, screwed it into the green treat 7' posts and plan to cover the top as needed. Especially during the wet seasons around here (MN). The nice framing of the top will allo for that

 

[Tashua]

Amazon has it as well - free delivery