The problem is essentially the weather extremes we have here. In summer, very broiling hot. In winter, bitter cold, albeit not as cold as some other places. I will need a way to keep the chickens cool in the summer and protected from cold and snow in the winter. The link in your second post was...
@perkolator: I was born in Roseville and grew up in Granite Bay. I watched it go from rural to a suburb of McMansions. When I was a baby (1975) my parents bought in Granite Bay before the name Granite Bay was coined because it was so cheap.
Grrr, something ate my post.
Wire: three rolls of 150' long x 48" high wire = 6' high fencing. There will be a garden cloth "ceiling" to deter avian predators, mainly hawks and vultures. Not much in the way of land based chicken eaters here.
Simple answers first.
Climate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yreka,_California#Climate
Run location in foreground. Coop will be on pic's lower left. Obviously a prairie-style environment, although pic was taken on an overcast day:
Wire, three rolls of 150' long wire
Yes, but then I realized that the coop will add an extra 8 feet in length to two of the sides. I was also thinking a 35' x 35' run originally, but adding the coop dimensions messed up my math.
Yay! I will FINALLY be able to have a chicken run starting spring 2024! Now for the planning:
Coop: Will consist of two 4' x 8' sheets of plywood side by side for floor. Floor will be covered in peel-and-stick linoleum tile. Walls will also be 4x8 plywood, on 8' foot high pine studs. Roof will...