Am I missing anything? Should something be added to my run?

[p4PaDuck]

Maybe one of those baby xylophones just nail it to a post and clip off the mallets, and tah dahh! Gives me plenty of entertainment as well as birds. Looks great!

 

[Ridgerunner]

How do you keep the chair clean? Mine would be all over it, getting it really icky.

Read Aart's post immediately above yours.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Do you add green leaves? Or are you talking about fall leaves?

Fall leaves.

 

[ChickyGoldens]

Hi all!!
Yesterday I had to do a little clean-up outside, which then of course led to me getting off track and renovating the chickie's run. So this is what I did.
I added more dirt to their dust bath which they love, it is literally just an old kiddie pool filled with regular 'ol dirt, not a special mixture or anything, it is a perfect boredom-buster especially if your chickens can't free-range often.
The next thing I did was I added an old bench, it is a perfect place for them to perch as well as for me to sit on. What has worked very well for me is adding leaves to the chicken run, it makes great bedding and once the leaves break down it will create dirt probably. I added some hay into their tire which is standing up so they can lay in there, my rooster loves molding his body into the hay so that it creates a perfect nest for his girls.
So... Do you guys have any other boredom buster ideas for my run/coop? And am I missing anything that should be included, like other boredom busters or anything?
Thank you in advance!

And a big shout-out to Ledo (prounounced lee-doe), my sapphire gem rooster who modeled the dust bath for me!

I am hanging a swing for my girls

 

[talkinboutchickens]

I am hanging a swing for my girls

I did originally have a swing in there, it was too long, they didn't use it and it took up a lot of room. Maybe the problem with my swing was that the swing part was too skinny?? How thick is the perch part of the swing you are hanging up?

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Maybe one of those baby xylophones just nail it to a post and clip off the mallets, and tah dahh! Gives me plenty of entertainment as well as birds. Looks great!

I used to have a xylophone in there but they kicked so much dirt into the keys that it stopped working..... I think what I should do is hang it like you said.

 

[ChickyGoldens]

I did originally have a swing in there, it was too long, they didn't use it and it took up a lot of room. Maybe the problem with my swing was that the swing part was too skinny?? How thick is the perch part of the swing you are hanging up?

Mine is 6 inches, I keep it low until mine grow up more and then slowly raise a bit as they get older. I also hang toys with bells, they love the shiny stuff. I also bought a toy roller that you put treats in and when they push it, treats fall out. I have not used it yet since mine are only 6-1/2 weeks old.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

I also hang toys with bells, they love the shiny stuff.

Do they use it? I will look out for things like that in garage sales!

 

[ChickyGoldens]

Do they use it? I will look out for things like that in garage sales!

I never thought of garage sales, going to look for more stuff as well but yes, they peck at the bells!