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Sounds like a great system. I use corncob litter in mine and scoop daily to keep it clean. Droppings and litter are then added to my compost pile and turned with tractor. Makes for fantastically rich compost.
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I want to live in there, it's so nice...My run is 180 square feet and covered with clear polycarbonate panels. The bedding is yard waste (dry leaves, grass clippings, weeds from the garden and various raked natural debris from the yard). I've been very happy with it.
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Aw, thanks! I spend a lot of time in there just hanging out with the chickens. It’s very relaxing.I want to live in there, it's so nice...
Not all of us live on farms where we can move birds and fences around as we please. Don’t bad mouth the permanent run. Everybody’s situation is different.Covered runs tend to run smaller and be more permanent, at least from what I've seen. I run my birds on a fenced in section of my garden (electric fence, no cover), and a couple times a year I move them and the fence to another section. So they're always doing something useful: either prepping new ground for future garden space (trampling down grass and shallow tilling), or cleaning up the remnants of the garden and eating the pests that hide in the soil at the end of the season, or just laying down fertilizer in the winter.
Whenever I see a static/permanent run, I can't help but think that if you have any sized garden, you're missing out on an opportunity to fertilize it, and you're also increasing your food costs by not providing an area where the chickens can forage. By always having them on grass or garden space, they always have access to greens and bugs, so I don't have to feed them as much grain. I have a small covered run attached to the coop but I only use it if I'm on vacation or need to separate out birds from the flock for some reason. It fills up with weeds every summer, but as soon as I let the birds into it, they trample it down to a dusty wasteland in under a week.
Whenever I see a static/permanent run, I can't help but think that if you have any sized garden, you're missing out on an opportunity to fertilize it, and you're also increasing your food costs by not providing an area where the chickens can forage.
Of course if money was no issue and you had an easy way to make it happen (no trees in the way) I’m sure most people would have a cover run.
However, what is your current run like? Covered/ uncovered, size and what is the floor/ bedding made up of?
*please feel free to add a photo of your setup!
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Of course if money was no issue and you had an easy way to make it happen (no trees in the way) I’m sure most people would have a cover run.
However, what is your current run like? Covered/ uncovered, size and what is the floor/ bedding made up of?
*please feel free to add a photo of your setup!
(Check out more Official BYC Polls HERE!)