Wayfair chicken run kits

[TerryW]

I got one and love it. They come in different sizes, wayfair.com. I customized the back section by enclosing it and putting in nestboxes and roosts. Being in the desert the front open section is being covered with shade cloth and a new tree was planted for future shade. I put it on top of railroad ties (that are actually the posts used with the guard rails on highways), and assembled it myself (a 60+ yr old woman). I moved my 2 desert tortoises in there too, the hens were all freaked out about them for a couple days.

 

[Kiki]

The chain link kennel it the part you bought on Wayfair?
Do you have a link to the item there?

 

[aart]

The chain link kennel

Not seeing any chain link, just chicken wire?

 

[TerryW]

It's not chain link, it's poultry netting, like pvc covered chicken wire, very easy to deal with unlike regular chicken wire. You could go to wayfair.com and search chicken runs, there are a bunch. You can go here - https://www.wayfair.com/brand/bnd/tucker-murphy-pet-b46603-masterClID~2960.html

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Good job, thanks for posting this. I've looked at it on wayfair because I love the human gate and like you, I like to use something that I can then modify to meet my goals. I have a chain link run that is not predator proof. If you wanted to make it predator proof you could do hot wire and a apron.

 

[Sanleeher]

I got one and love it. They come in different sizes, wayfair.com. I customized the back section by enclosing it and putting in nestboxes and roosts. Being in the desert the front open section is being covered with shade cloth and a new tree was planted for future shade. I put it on top of railroad ties (that are actually the posts used with the guard rails on highways), and assembled it myself (a 60+ yr old woman). I moved my 2 desert tortoises in there too, the hens were all freaked out about them for a couple days.

I looked at ads for Vevor coop and runs, but their fencing is mesh netting. I guess it could be replaced woth chicken fence or hardware cloth. Anyone here have one? Will they hold up in snow?

 

[aart]

Will they hold up in snow?

Not without significant framing added.
Something like this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-coop-design-and-build-blog.1612130/