Laurel Meadows
Songster
Bales of hay are fine, but we just put plastic up on the open areas, basically the whole coop and run except for a small area over the people door. It kept the wind, snow, and rain out but there was plenty of ventilation. Our coop and run is all in one unit. This is our neighbor's coop and run visited by our dog when we were chicken-sitting, and our is very similar.
Agree this is a great idea! How do you secure the plastic to your run? We get quite a bit of direct wind on our runs, and they are big- so the only thing we can get to stay up for any length of time is tarps with heavy duty grommets and thick zip ties and bungee cords. We've tried the clear plastic and clear vinyl shower curtains (which looks much nicer) but it tears at the corners