coop run

Hi all! I’m going to be a new chicken mama next week🙌🏻, and while they will be in the brooder for 2 months, I’m half way thru building a coop and will start the run in a few weeks. My plan is to put down sand for the run, but I don’t see a lot of info on “best practices” for this method. My...

I've done so much research here and online and looked at sooo many ideas I'm overwhelmed. I'll state what I'm thinking regarding each area based on what I've learned. If I'm misunderstanding or incorrect, please correct me so I can do this right this time. Not sure my husband will agree to any...

Hi all, I am sure there is a post about this out there but I wanted to put my specific circumstances into play. We are building a coop that said it is suitable for 12-15 chickens. we got 15 chicks, they're two weeks old now. after more research, I think the coop size is fine for 15 chickens but...

Our run is going to be a re-purposed dog run made out of chain link fence. We know it needs to be re-inforced a foot below ground and 3ft up. Can we get away with chicken wire? What about over the top which is currently open? Chicken wire or hardware cloth? Our predators are: dogs, coyotes and...

I am interested in doing the Deep Litter Method in my run. I live in South Florida and have been experiencing a large amount of rain this summer; just a bit more than usual. My run is pretty muddy and instead of filling in the water-recessed areas with more dirt, I would like to get some insight...

Has anyone built a run with 1/2" wire cloth for the top? I was curious as to how far apart the posts and beams should be to hold a large snow load of about 8 to 12 inches. I am in Ohio and we get large amounts of snow periodically. We are getting ready to build a very large run and would like...

Hit me up with questions or comments. I am eager to get any feedback. I designed this myself using some graph paper and took some ideas from the Internet. Backstory: Finally made the leap and got some chicks right at the end of April and had about 4 weeks to put this together before leaving...

Hi there! This is all new to us and hope you can help with some ideas. We will be picking up 4 pullets on Sunday and will be spending Friday/Saturday securing the coop/run from predators. We purchased the coop and pvc run this weekend and the previous owners of our home had this fenced in area...

We started with an old goat barn - really little more than a small shed. You can see we tried to get an early start but the weather had other things in mind. All DH managed to do before the snow came was install the wooden base of the run and drive some supports. But the weather cleared and DH...