The first picture at the top is called the chicken run. My nephews cut up some trees around our property and they used these as posts to hold the wire mesh that enclosed the entire chicken run. This was their project during their semestral break this summer. We used a green netting on the roof to deter the hawks and the many house birds in our place from going inside the chicken run. Once again, using some small pieces of scrap GI sheet materials, my nephews joined these together using a riveter and placed this material to cover the bottom part of the chicken run. The reason for this is that even if the chickens will be scratching in the run, the river sand will stay inside the run.
The second picture in the center shows the pop door in its open position. Since the location of the chicken run is higher than the chicken coop, we had to make a two-step stairs for the chickens when they go into the run. The river sand in the run will not go inside the chicken coop because we placed a stack of wood that surrounds the stairs to hold the river sand in place. My nephews also made some outside roosts in the chicken run and the chickens just love hanging out there during the day.
The last picture at the bottom shows the chickens taking a sand bath. This is how they get rid of any ticks and lice in their bodies.
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