Hardware cloth was layered over the chain link, to form a strong barrier to burrowing predators.
Goldie and Mossy supervising the construction
I had a lot of long pieces of old threaded rod, so they are set in the concrete foundation and the timbers are drilled out and mounted over those, with nuts and washers locking them in place. In addition, the timbers are glued down with construction adhesive. In this shot you can see the trench drain. The old run has a concrete floor, and we hose it down twice a year, so that drain will (I hope) prevent the new section from getting too muddy.
Since I had some leftover roofing felt, we wrapped the bottom two courses of landscape timbers for extra rot protection.
Hardware cloth was layered over the chain link, to form a strong barrier to burrowing predators.
Preparation of the ground for an expansion to our coop and run. My friend Bob was staying with us for a month and he built our new secure run.
The names of all our current and past chickens are inscribed in the concrete foundation.
I'm concerned that buried hardware cloth will rust through in a couple of years; chain link fencing was on sale, about $45 or a 4' x 50' roll, 11.5 gauge. The raccoons won't dig through this!
Gargoyle

Hardware cloth was layered over the chain link, to form a strong barrier to burrowing predators.

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