MightyChickenJF
Chirping
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 be flat, same plywood as floor, with standard composite shingles. Coop will be in one corner of the run, with a 2' x 6' self-made man door for me to access coop safely from outside. Chickens will access coop via a large dog door with flap removed and a small ramp. My big questions regard how it should be fitted inside. My grandfather's coop had shelving inside for chickens to roost. I will have a "chicken condo" that is handmade by a Sacramento feed store in another part of the coop for broody hens to lay/hatch chicks.
Run: I have 150 feet of wire to work with that will go 6 feet high. Run will be roofed with that black fabric meant to protect gardens from birds. With the 8x8 coop in one corner, how much wire will I need for each side? I will have 3 metal posts for each corner with the coop being the fourth corner. I stink at math, so somebody who has a PhD in mathematics will have to help me out.
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 be flat, same plywood as floor, with standard composite shingles. Coop will be in one corner of the run, with a 2' x 6' self-made man door for me to access coop safely from outside. Chickens will access coop via a large dog door with flap removed and a small ramp. My big questions regard how it should be fitted inside. My grandfather's coop had shelving inside for chickens to roost. I will have a "chicken condo" that is handmade by a Sacramento feed store in another part of the coop for broody hens to lay/hatch chicks.
Run: I have 150 feet of wire to work with that will go 6 feet high. Run will be roofed with that black fabric meant to protect gardens from birds. With the 8x8 coop in one corner, how much wire will I need for each side? I will have 3 metal posts for each corner with the coop being the fourth corner. I stink at math, so somebody who has a PhD in mathematics will have to help me out.