Runs & Tarps

Backyard Poultry

Poultry Runs

Just like our chicken house, the poultry runs kept changing (improving?) as well. A while back, we built a third lightweight run—yes, to pasture still just nine chickens. At first we used boards, styrofoam insulation, and rocks to shield the runs from wind and sun, but our setup began to look a bit like a shanty town. So, we designed a complicated system of tarps to replace it. One run had the tarp permanently fastened to one end of the top; it could unfold to cover the whole run if needed. The run above is similar; the tarp is actually on a frame so it folds up for access into the pen. The switch from scrapwood to tarps was one very important improvement!