Hi Vermonters- while I technically live in southern NH (just over the river from Brattleboro), I am seeking a chicken lover with carpentry skills to help me winterize my run. We have an approximately 15x20 chicken run area that bumps up against our garage. It has a hardware cloth roof over it, and we recently put up a tarp over the whole structure hoping that would provide some winter protection. However, after heavy rains this weekend, it's obvious just how weak the roof is; the water pooled up in the tarp and the whole thing is now sagging precariously. I think I was being overly optimistic that it would make it through the winter. I'm hoping to have someone come out and rebuild the roof properly, which I think probably means putting up a simple peaked roof, and perhaps a simple gutter/downspout along the garage. The primary purpose of the roof is predator protection, but it would also be nice to keep it ventilated for the summer yet have some kind of tarp/plastic that we could keep on it in the winter for weather protection.
If you know an insured carpenter/handyman who would be interested in a small project with a quick turn-around, please feel free to PM me.
