A cluttered run

[so lucky]

Mrs K, I like your chicken obstacle course. I will try this if I ever need to provide protection for some newer chickens.
Can you tell me what kind and sex of chicken is the one nearest the pallet on the 3rd pic down? (She?) looks like some I have that I am doubting that they are females, particularly with the red comb and face.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

@Mrs. K Thank you so much for these pictures! I adore your set up. I am a visual person so seeing your pictures has helped so much more than spoken examples. Can't wait to incorporate some of your ideas! Thanks again! Sending you so much love for this!

 

[chrissynemetz]

This is awesome! I'll be doing some cluttering up in my run! I love it!!

 

[rosemarythyme]

Your set-up is really clever (and probably works very well), but not everyone has that much space to be able to put an entire obstacle course in their run. I think space is the problem for a lot of us city folks with backyard chickens.

Just to note, you don't need as much stuff as shown in the photos. The birds still need open space to move about. In a smaller set up smaller obstacles are fine too - some overturned plant pots, wood ladders, unused patio furniture... the idea is to give birds a way to break line of sight if another is giving them the stink eye or chasing them.

 

[Mrs. K]

@ so lucky - those are mainly just mutts, none of them are pure bred birds, in the third picture, there is two Black australorp crosses, and a production red. All of them pretty good layers, the Red is three years and the BA's are two.

 

[Kayla's Lunch]

Thanks for the ideas. I don't have anywhere the size run as you have, but I can see how I could add a little bit more of something to block the ole "stink-eye"!

 

[Mrs. K]

And I strongly agree with Rosmarythyme - it does not have to be my way, just not wide open empty space.

 

[aart]

Will contribute some of my 'run clutter'...set up here for when I had chicks last spring.
I have 2 separate runs, main run is L shape 8x50 and the other is 8x8.

 

[aart]

good Lord, this is why I can't post pictures, I am sorry for the repeated pictures.

You could go int and edit your post to remove duplicate pics,
or hit the 'report' icon and ask the mod to help.

 

[Mrs. K]

Thanks Aart - I did