I have a "ground water" safety question... Anyone know the answer to this...:
FIRST THE BACKGROUND:
We are going to be away for the weekend and, for various reasons, I'm going to keep them in the dog kennel run rather than letting them out to range. (I have a guy that will tend to them but it's just safer not to let them out and hope they'll come in for him - in addition to the fact that the pullets have occasionally been jumping fences and if that happens, it would be hard for a stranger to round them up.)
-The "kennel run" is in full sun in the hottest parts of the day so I need to add a shade cloth again since they'll be stuck in there for 2.5 days.
-We were given an old mesh swimming pool cover that would work great. It has not been on a pool in probably 3 years.
-Last summer, it laid out flat in the grass and had about a month to air and get rained on, then it was folded and stored.
-I will thoroughly spray it down with fresh water this evening before putting it up.
-It will only be over 1/3 of the kennel run. 2/3 will be open.
THE QUESTION:
Does anyone know if this thing will leach harmful chemicals if it rains. (Rain falls on the cloth and sifts through to the ground below where these chickens will be stuck stratching around for stuff.)
The cover is similar to the one in the photo below...polyester I think.
eta: cutting it down to the size we need.