I need your help. I live in cold and windy NH. I built a cattrle panel run and have no idea how to attach the 6 mil plastic for a dry winter run for my girls. Have you done this? Please share any ideas & pics you may have. Thank you!
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Did you bow it up so you have a rounded top? Get some 4 or 6ml plastic, put over the top, then get a good tarp with the grammet holes in it, put it over the plastic. Use zip ties and tie it to the cattle panel. This will give them good cover from bad weather and shade.
Exactly....and why use plastic if you do want to use a tarp?People generally don't want shade for the run in the winter.
I use 1/2" PVC pipe with these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050B0N06
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In the summer I use landscape fabric for shade. It doesn't take much to hold that down, as the wind can go through it some. I switch to plastic in the winter. That take a bunch to hold it down, and you want it fairly tight. Make sure you get then ends.
I picked up this technique from @21hens-incharge .
I used these on my mini-isolation coop too with tarps and the tarps didn't budge in some pretty high winds.
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There's an EZ version of the same that go on and off a little bit easier:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AIE89CY
These are nice if you're using them somewhere that you expect to add/remove frequently.
I found these on Amazon, but haven't tried them. They're a bit cheaper.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08YRTQ958/
Apparently 21 Hens used to find them in 4' (or longer) strips. That would have been great, but I never got my hands on anything like that. So, shop around as time permits.