[Land-speed] Pit Shade

[ifixmgs at cox.net]

We buy the black ones for hay covers and use them in the summer in place of a solid  tarp over the 
10x20 pipe-frame pitched-roof shelters that the chickens roost in.  Even when it rains fairly hard, 
only a little gets through (I assume that it has to do with the size of the vent holes, surface 
tension and a relatively low coefficient of friction that combine to sheet water right over the 
mesh holes  )  As for the heat  issue,  I haven't had any issues problems - 12 feet up in the peak
the air does gets close to  outside air temp. But even with OAT  near 100f in August, 7 feet off the floor, 
 the interior temp in the roosting shelter rarely went above 85 with a small oscillating fan just  moving
the air around.   
Mark C 
Chesapeake VA 


> >  I was thinking a perforated, > > light or silver colored tarp would be the best of both worlds. Has anybody
> > seen such material?   -Elon
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