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The structural stability is relevant only as far as you expect it to support something. In this case the weight of what it would support is very little. In that picture the structural stability came from the 2x4 frame, the pvc pipe just provided shape for the covering.

They are small and furtive. I don't think most people "see" them unless they specifically go looking one way or another.

I'd paint right on top of it. For $15 Home Depot sells a gallon of white barn and fence paint.

16 inches on center is silly and overkill for an 8x8 building with 4x4 corner posts. Use some quickrete on the corner posts. you don't need any studs but three horizontal pieces of wood on the sides and back (top, bottom, and middle) will do, assuming you're using OSB for the sides? You...

What about a farm jack? https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/bulldog-36-in-farm-jack?cm_vc=-10005 You may well have one already. Attach the jack to a tree, or some anchor, horizontally, and use it to pull the tractor.

Two thoughts...from a practical standpoint, for a species that is of no concern regarding its populations (and Foxes are plenty healthy from a population standpoint and do just fine in suburbia, deep woods, the prairies, etc,) I can't imagine any flack for eliminating a fox getting after your...

I had a clubfooted hen that was caught three or four times before she passed of something unrelated. But I'll tell you this..Fence your own yard in. I'm not absolving your neighbors but you have an obligation to protect your own livestock.

I use hog rings for that. But to answer OP's question if the run is to contain chickens during the day you don't have the same concerns as you would using welded wire where they sleep. A chicken will know to back away from a critter reaching into the fence. Not so if they're roosting asleep.

What did you use for bait?

Well, its part and parcel of what they do...the Continental hunting breeds that we in the US think of as bird dogs are tested on predators. In fact, if you get one from European lines that use the european registries, they don't get certified to breed until they've killed a predator in front of...

Kindly refrain from spreading patently false information. In Wisconsin the recreational trapping season for Foxes is four months long. If your livestock is being harassed by them you can often get a permit to get rid of them outside the trapping season. In practical terms I've never...

I understand that sentiment. But don't confuse a longterm solution with a permanent, overbuilt one.

https://www.trap-anything.com/mink-box-plans.html Chicken liver, mice, or other raw meat work in lie of muskrat and bait can be purchased at Cabelas.

It isn't your fault, things happen to everyone. My own dog killed a couple of mine that found holes in the coop. Just do your duty moving forward and try and trap or shoot the fox. Anyone in the neighborhood have a large terrier you could borrow and go looking to hunt the fox? Or a German...

I think you're overthinking the brooder. I'd start with a wire frame that's fenced off from the other chickens so they can't poop or roost on top of them, then gradually allow them more access to the rest of the birds as they grow, then pick the brooder up and put it in the shed/garage til next...