Chicken coop shade ideas

Raise the 'coop'tation with these fab 🐔 run ideas! Grow luffa plants 🌱 for a natural shade and wind block 💨. It's not just for sponges, folks! Bonus: your pet chicken 🐣 will love it! #ChickenRun #LuffaLove #GardenGoals

Pallet shade and flying predator cover

How to keep chickens in a small backyard. How to control flies in the chicken coop and chicken fencing ideas.

My husband built this to keep the rain off the chicken feed blogged

In this article, I'm sharing a few of the odd planting methods I use to keep plants growing in, around, and over my chicken coop. Growing the chicken-friendly plants, flowers, and shrubs in my chicken run prevents erosion, promotes flock health, and provides supplemental feed.

Chicken coop Post Install and Shade Sail

The Garden Loft - Chicken Coop Review - Meghan Tucker

In fact I was reading the article about the best treats for chicken, and suddenly an idea came into my mind. I have bought such hardware cloth (not sure if...

We use shade cloth on the back part of the run since we don't have a lot of natural shade near the coop. Drops the temperature by 10-15 degrees. Perfect for our hot summers!

Discover the best shade plants for chickens to make your chicken coop both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Choose from a variety of chicken-friendly plants that thrive in the shade, creating a perfect landscape for shade and forage. By incorporating coop-friendly plants into your outdoor space, you can provide treats for chickens while lowering your chicken feed bill. Explore herbs that are safe for chickens and grow around your chicken coop effortlessly.

Love gardening with chickens? Climbing vines look great on the chicken run. Chicken safe vines provide, shade for the flock, food and more.

All of our chicken coop plans call for corrugated polycarbonate roof panels. But whether you’re building one of our designs or something else, you have plenty of options. Many backyard coopers use corrugated metal, corrugated asphalt, or shingles over plywood instead. Read on to decide what’s the best type of roofing for your chicken coop. ... Read more

Keeping a flock of chickens is something that is hugely popular again as more and more people realize the benefits of growing/raising their own food. Chickens are pretty simple to maintain once their initial setup

DIY building chicken grazing boxes that keep greens available to cooped chickens

Chickens are a very Vashon thing. So many people here have their own flocks--I know of at least four flocks all within a rooster's crow of our house. We've been working on adding some play structures to our coop to keep our girls entertained.

When designing a chicken-friendly garden around your chicken coop, it's important to choose plants that are safe and beneficial for chickens. Chickens can be quite destructive to plants because they scratch, peck, and sometimes eat them. However, some plants can provide chickens with shade, entertainment, and a nutritious supplement to their diet. Visit our blog for safe plants around your chicken coop.