Have you considered a single run around all of it with chicken wire divisions or a chicken wire pen to be moved around inside the single run?
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Plans are still forthcoming. I keep trying to generate them in sketchup and then get bogged down in analysis paralysis. But here are some pics of the area:Could you sketch up a plan for the sections and show us photos of the proposed location?
3 times in the 8.5 years we've lived here we've had winds strong enough to topple fences and strip siding from houses. not tornado weather (thankfully we've seen no flying cows) but strong enough. that vinyl fence is there because the wood one that was there before and had rotting posts was knocked down.. What kind of wind and snow loads can you expect?
some definitions:
Deep Bedding: A dry, non-composting system where you keep adding bedding to the coop as it becomes soiled -- managing it by turning it as necessary (or getting the chickens to turn it for you) -- and clean it out only infrequently when the bedding has become both thoroughly soiled and piled up to the point of not being able to add more. Usually used above a floor in the coop but *can* be done in a covered run over dirt in a favorable climate.
Deep Litter: A moist (not wet, moist), system where the lower layers of material are actively composting while new, dry material is continually added to the top. *Can* be done on any floor surface but is most readily accomplished on a dirt floor because the dirt will seed the material with the beneficial composting organisms.
It’s *possible* to use Deep Litter in a raised coop, but very difficult. You probably want to aim for Deep Bedding. Here is my article on the subject: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/using-deep-bedding-in-a-small-coop.76343/
Interesting thought. So something like the coop up against the wood gate, a chain-link (or other permanent) fence down the middle, and the coop would have a chicken door on each side of that fence so we could control which side the chickens went into? garden on one side, then run on the other. and when we wanted to switch, we just open/shut the appropriate door.That space will probably not be large enough to move to keep grass green but can be divided for rotating garden beds.
One way to do that other than moving the entire structure is to put a permanent structure in between two or more pens that you can use to alternate between chickens and garden.
https://www.dummies.com/article/hom...tate-permanent-runs-for-your-chickens-162964/
Interesting thought. So something like the coop up against the wood gate, a chain-link (or other permanent) fence down the middle, and the coop would have a chicken door on each side of that fence so we could control which side the chickens went into? garden on one side, then run on the other. and when we wanted to switch, we just open/shut the appropriate door.