Chicken Run Ideas, would love to see your pics!

[NancyNurseCxMama]

Still need more toys and some kind of partial roofing.

 

[Chicken girl lover! 101]

cool!

 

[Sam and ELLA]

Following

 

[chickensintheyard]

View attachment 1105832 Still need more toys and some kind of partial roofing.

Nice run, may I ask the size please? Am getting ready to build one and love the looks of yours.

 

[Squeak61]

Here’s my new run! It’s not the prettiest, but it’s 383 square feet which is awesome. The ladies love it

 

[NancyNurseCxMama]

Nice run, may I ask the size please? Am getting ready to build one and love the looks of yours.

Thank you!
The size is 10 x 20---200 square feet. The coop is completely enclosed and raised so it has a nice sheltered spot underneath that the girls enjoy.
We have the partial roof in place---need to add gutters. We most likely will extend the roof to completely cover the run in the Spring.
This is the roof before the polycarbonate panels were added---gotta take more pics!

 

[Machineryqueen]

1/2 inch wire cloth and snow load. Has anyone used 1/2 inch wire cloth for their run area and had a large snowfall? I was wondering if it held up to the weight of the snow. If so, how far apart are the posts?

 

[aart]

1/2 inch wire cloth and snow load. Has anyone used 1/2 inch wire cloth for their run area and had a large snowfall? I was wondering if it held up to the weight of the snow. If so, how far apart are the posts?

I'd start a new thread titled this> "1/2 inch wire cloth and snow load".
Would love to see the responses and discussion.
Asking for pics and putting location on profile or posts would help a great deal.

I would think that you'd need pretty tight rafter spacing, with blocking between for stiffening and attaching HC, and posts to ground depending on spans.

 

[MrsChicky55]

My runs are made from 10x10 chainlink dog kennels. I put woven wire fencing on top (predator barrier) and one has a pitched roof w/ tarp over it as well (rain barrier). Both have hardware cloth or woven wire digging barriers and hardware cloth aprons on the lower 2 feet of the walls. The 2 pens are connected by a wall w/ a door in it.


ORIGINAL PEN:

NEW PEN:

DIGGING BARRIER:

How did you pitch the roof? We get so much rain out here. The weight of the water broke my PVC run.

 

[chickenlover chickencrazy]

Wow, your chicken coop is really nice. My Big chicken flys over any fence though. I made this little coop out of dog crates and a dog house. I only have 2 chickens and I do let them out for several hours a day to free range.

Are your two chickens in one run o two? I cant see if there is any wire between the two crates. I love your little hen on the right and have you tried clipping the other hens wings?