Chicken Screens

A few days before we left for Phoenix a fox attacked the chickens on the driveway in broad daylight. We saw it happening and were able to run him off. (Screaming wild women will have that effect on an animal) Thankfully there were not any fatalities but we did decide that the girls should stay in the coop the entire time we were gone. Our neighbors Gary and Pam took care of them in our absence and we did not want them traumatized by another fox attack. Unfortunately, staying in the coop all day is HOT. So before we left we constructed some fabric panel screens to offer some shade. Is makes a tremendous difference in the temperature inside the coop. The local fabric store had exterior duck cloth on sale for half price so Lisa put some grommets in the corners and voila. They work great but Pat wants to decorate them up a bit. He sees some fabric paint in their future. Lisa sees that job on the bottom of the do-list.