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Hi everyone!
Thanks to the folk on the Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance forum, especially GeorgiaGail in the "stuck for a kennel run roof" started by ams4766. The detailed photos were just what I needed to see, although GG's in a warmer part of the country than Colorado. Like ams I've got to worry about snow, but thanks to BYC I've got IDEAS now (my husband is afraid of my ideas - they lead to no good, he feels
). What else could I do but join you all?
We've moved to suburbia and our local city council is now allowing mini-agricultural pursuits in our suburban backyards. A fortuitous discovery of a new neighbor just putting the old chicken coop out by the street to sell (they were moving up to a bigger coop), combined with the gift of an unused chainlink 7' x 7' dog run led to the purchase of 2 pullets, a New England Red & a Barred Rock.
The coop is sitting inside the dog run, but the run is as yet unroofed. I think protection is fine for the coyotes, foxes and my own dogs, so was primarily worried about raccoons (reason 1) getting in from the top. Then, coincidentally, a back-fence neighbor came to warn me that a hawk (reason 2) had been seen spying on her neighbor's small dogs. (She knew I had a chihuahua or two, but didn't even know about the new chickens.) Yesterday, (the first day of chicken-keeping
) I let the hens out of their coop to investigate the confines of the dog run, then went inside the house to prepare get more feed. When I came out, they had escaped (reason 3) and were running around the yard pursued by four dogs! Yikes! It all ended well, with the aid of the garden hose to remind the dogs to "leave it".
So, 3 reasons to roof the run. I think the snow protection will wait for later.
Cheers,
Penny
Thanks to the folk on the Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance forum, especially GeorgiaGail in the "stuck for a kennel run roof" started by ams4766. The detailed photos were just what I needed to see, although GG's in a warmer part of the country than Colorado. Like ams I've got to worry about snow, but thanks to BYC I've got IDEAS now (my husband is afraid of my ideas - they lead to no good, he feels
We've moved to suburbia and our local city council is now allowing mini-agricultural pursuits in our suburban backyards. A fortuitous discovery of a new neighbor just putting the old chicken coop out by the street to sell (they were moving up to a bigger coop), combined with the gift of an unused chainlink 7' x 7' dog run led to the purchase of 2 pullets, a New England Red & a Barred Rock.
The coop is sitting inside the dog run, but the run is as yet unroofed. I think protection is fine for the coyotes, foxes and my own dogs, so was primarily worried about raccoons (reason 1) getting in from the top. Then, coincidentally, a back-fence neighbor came to warn me that a hawk (reason 2) had been seen spying on her neighbor's small dogs. (She knew I had a chihuahua or two, but didn't even know about the new chickens.) Yesterday, (the first day of chicken-keeping
So, 3 reasons to roof the run. I think the snow protection will wait for later.
Cheers,
Penny
and Welcome To BYC! Congratulations on your new flock and coop! Glad the dog encounter ended well, ya, sounds like you got three reasons to roof the run right off!
