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OK, here's something I left out: Each of those rolls is 24" high. They will be placed on top of each other when unrolled, making for a 72" high (6 foot) enclosure. Then there will be fabric stretched across the top of the entire run. Hardware cloth is a good idea. I do know about antidig...

My mom was pleading with me this morning to give up on my chicken plans, because she's worried that the birds will quickly be eaten. I'm not sure if she realizes that the birds will be in a fenced, fabric roofed run-her father (my grandfather) let his chickens have the full run of his two acres...

The shed is where the nests are currently being STORED, since the coop has yet to be built. I had to do some major digging to get them out to photograph them. (I also do not actually have any chickens yet.) I am thinking of just putting this in the coop since there will be enough room. It's...

OK, the moment y'all have been waiting for: There is a yardstick on top for reference. Each nest area is just under one cubic foot. Obviously, the outside will be painted.

OK, the moment y'all have been waiting for:

Pic of future run: The run area is in the foreground. The area where I live tends to get heavy wind during storms. We're talking 35-40mph sustained, 55-60mph gusts. The coop will be anchored down, of course, but I will need to anchor down the "chicken condo" as well. As for all those curious...

The coop will be separate from the nests. I bought a group of nesting boxes dubbed "Chicken Condo" from a feed store in Sacramento. I will try to get pix of the "condo" this coming weekend-right now it is buried in my shed. Stay tuned...

I bought a group of premade nesting boxes from a feed store, but I am not sure how far off the ground to put them. When I lived in Sacramento the next door neighbors were Ukrainian refugees who fled in the 1990s due to post-Soviet religious persecution, and their homebuilt boxes were around...

The problem is essentially the weather extremes we have here. In summer, very broiling hot. In winter, bitter cold, albeit not as cold as some other places. I will need a way to keep the chickens cool in the summer and protected from cold and snow in the winter. The link in your second post was...

Sorry y'all, internet connection is being funky. Pic of run:

@perkolator: I was born in Roseville and grew up in Granite Bay. I watched it go from rural to a suburb of McMansions. When I was a baby (1975) my parents bought in Granite Bay before the name Granite Bay was coined because it was so cheap.

Ventilation: standard house eaves ventilation at top of walls. Bedding: probably fine pine shavings for coop. Run will be natural.

Grrr, something ate my post. Wire: three rolls of 150' long x 48" high wire = 6' high fencing. There will be a garden cloth "ceiling" to deter avian predators, mainly hawks and vultures. Not much in the way of land based chicken eaters here.

Simple answers first. Climate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yreka,_California#Climate Run location in foreground. Coop will be on pic's lower left. Obviously a prairie-style environment, although pic was taken on an overcast day: Wire, three rolls of 150' long wire

Yes, but then I realized that the coop will add an extra 8 feet in length to two of the sides. I was also thinking a 35' x 35' run originally, but adding the coop dimensions messed up my math.