Paddock System in Permanent Run?

[rosemarythyme]

Once my main run was stripped of grass I went to deep litter as well - aged wood chips, grass clippings, and fall leaves. Gives the chickens something to dig through and helps with the drainage as well. We've had rain for 3 to 4 days at a time so far this fall and the run isn't mushy or muddy.

 

[duluthralphie]

A tee with a hole to be patch..darn tree branch fell on it

T that looks like it should no tree branch..

This is an earlier way I did it A round plastic piece to spread out weight. See the zip tie patch.

A couple of pen\s next to each other with some grazing happy toads.

 

[aart]

WOW, That's LOT of netting!
Love the 'Tposts'.
I can see where most the snow would go thru,
must be a bear to clear it if it starts to stick.

 

[ChicksMN]

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A tee with a hole to be patch..darn tree branch fell on it View attachment 1164776
T that looks like it should no tree branch..
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This is an earlier way I did it A round plastic piece to spread out weight. See the zip tie patch.

View attachment 1164778A couple of pen\s next to each other with some grazing happy toads.

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Duluthralphie these pics are great! Do you ever get any predators trying to breach through the top (such as climbers...racoons etc?). There are a lot of trees around our run and I am nervous that if I just do netting on top that I will have some uninvited visitors "dropping" in. Almost wondering if we should do 2X4 welded wire but it is more costly so if I can get by with just netting that is obviously much preferred!

 

[duluthralphie]

I have never had a raccoon or predator enter from the top. Now I could be jinxed, because I said it.

 

[Finnie]

I have never had a raccoon or predator enter from the top. Now I could be jinxed, because I said it.

That you don't get jinxed.

I used to have just bird netting over my run. I knew/expected that raccoons could rip a hole in it and get in to my birds.

But they never did until it eventually got a hole in it, probably from turkeys landing on it. Then a raccoon started coming in that hole and got one of my birds. I repaired that hole, and no more raccoon attacks.

I think the raccoons here must not be very motivated, if they don't want to bother tearing bird netting. (Now I'm the one whose probably jinxing myself. )

Well anyway, after a few years, the turkeys made many holes in that netting. I finally just tore it off, and now my run is uncovered.