Received free shade cloth panels

[Lor]

2 weeks ago my husband came home with some free shade cloth panels. They are from a nursery, so sturdy and have gromets along 2 sides. We hadn't decided how we were going to use them yet. But...

We have an area along our back fence and behind a shed where many leaves fall. We have been adding leaves from other parts of the yard after raking. My husband usually turns them over occasionally but his wrist is bothering him so he told me to do it. And I did. LOL

I gathered up things from behind the shed and managed to enclose the area off (temporarily) to keep the chickens in. It wasn't pretty but it worked. Grabbed a chair and put the chickens to work. They did such a nice job spreading the pile out. I mean, Hellooo... chickens love to scratch around in leaves. LOL!

So here is what we did with those shade cloths.
Put nails along the fence, shed and chicken run to hang the shade cloths on using the gromets. This way we can easily take one side down to dump accumulating leaves off of them and quickly put them back up. This is a hawk deterrent . We then fenced it in and used that plastic deer fencing to cover the space between fencing and shade cloth.

Now they have a extra run that will be cooler in the summer. I'll add some pictures in the comments.

 

[Lor]

It's an area of about 45ft long and 8-9ft wide.

 

[RojoMarz]

Will be great during the summer heat.

 

[Sueby]

Great job!

I have to find a way to get some up around here I think. My birds are in lockdown because of HPAI in the area & are in full sun now, they can't get to the shady sections. Not a biggie now, but it will be if they are still locked up come summer heat.

 

[Lor]

Will be great during the summer heat.

That's what I was thinking. With all those leaves they won't be bored either.

 

[Lor]

Great job!

I have to find a way to get some up around here I think. My birds are in lockdown because of HPAI in the area & are in full sun now, they can't get to the shady sections. Not a biggie now, but it will be if they are still locked up come summer heat.

I'm going to see if my husband can get a few more of them just in case we need to go on lockdown. We've had one up over the nest boxes for the last 2 years providing some shade there. It goes from the coop to the ground. The hens like to go under there for their baths.

 

[Sueby]

I'm going to see if my husband can get a few more of them just in case we need to go on lockdown. We've had one up over the nest boxes for the last 2 years providing some shade there. It goes from the coop to the ground. The hens like to go under there for their baths.

That would be another great score! I have some garden shade netting I'll use if I have to. It doesn't have grommets like yours does though, that'd be great!

 

[tigger19687]

They work really well. I have some that area big heavier. Use them for summer time over the top of the run and even covering the end of the run during the winter for ventilation

Free is great, I got 1 freee one off craigs list but bought the other 3 from Costco, they were like $20 and are 6'x12' super great price score !

 

[Lor]

Nesting box and dirt bath area.

 

[Lor]

They work really well. I have some that area big heavier. Use them for summer time over the top of the run and even covering the end of the run during the winter for ventilation

Free is great, I got 1 freee one off craigs list but bought the other 3 from Costco, they were like $20 and are 6'x12' super great price score !

Love free and a great deal! LOL!