i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

[pollipazzi]

For me 2 wouldn't be enough chickens, I guess I supposed you would want the same. LOL!

baby steps for me!

 

[LoveChickens27]

baby steps for me!

Yeah, you should probably not take, "getting more chickens "advice from me, because I would tell you to get another 20 chickens of my favorite breeds, because they are cute. LOL!

 

[pollipazzi]

Yeah, you should probably not take, "getting more chickens "advice from me, because I would tell you to get another 20 chickens of my favorite breeds, because they are cute. LOL!

i get that! they are very cute! i just wish they came with instruction manuals

 

[pollipazzi]

i'm starting to think the polytunnel was a really dumb idea

 

[AntiqueB]

Why?

 

[pollipazzi]

Why?

couple reasons. i'll attach a pic so you can see. maybe someone has a better idea. if wood wasn't so expensive, i'd have it by now. and i have enough mesh on the polytunnel to have just done it all the way i would have liked it in the first place with just a roof and front! but because the polytunnel is curved, it leaves a big space between the window and the inside. i would need like 4 more rolls of mesh to cover the whole polytunnel to make it safe enough. cats and surely foxes can get on either shed roof from the walls beside them and i think they could get in if they wanted but have a hard time getting out. it is a little bit of a deterrent because it would take some work to get in and probably injuries if they came from the top, but it's not good enough.
because it's not good enough, i have to keep the little run, which is pretty much unmoveable now since i meshed all around it and buried it under the stones... which made it REALLY HARD to cover the polytunnel. i pretty much painted myself into the corner if you get me.
if there was just a roof and a front, i could get rid of the little run altogether and have more fun things to do in there, i could put the coop in a less awkward spot and it wouldn't block the window either!
now.
aren't you glad you asked?

 

[pollipazzi]

just since it's hard to see, i do have wire mesh covering the entire back and front. i have strips of it in corners and other spaces. the bird net is only there so the girls don't be trying anything stupid with the windowsill. for now, anyway. i don't want to buy any more mesh when i could spend that money on wood and build it right. reuse the mesh i already have. i didn't cut it for that reason, so it sticks up high in some places

 

[pollipazzi]

every single thing about this whole situation has been backwards.

 

[AntiqueB]

I see the issues! The biggest problem was being adopted by chickens before you were ready!

Is it feasible to frame out a walk-in run with wood, square? Make the roof of it go above the windows, and the studs either on each side of the window, or in front of the mullions. If you have a secure run, you can just remove the tiny run from the coop. That allows you to move the coop to a better position.

 

[AntiqueB]