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I played around with some 1.5 " conduit last night and this is what I came up with. It doesn't enclose the whole thing due to the way the fences are set up, but is easy to remove and install and seems to be secure. There is about a foot gap on either side of the top. At the very least I...

Question: if I let the chickens out of the pen through the barn ( we were talking about letting them have limited freedom right before dark when we get home from work), will they be able to find their way back ?

Maybe I will frame a "lid" out of gray PVC and use bird netting. That way I can just remove it when I go to clean. -Brendan

well there you go! Crap, i'm out of material to build more!

Thanks for the reply. The fence is 5 feet tall, which I was hoping was tall enough. Do you think the red sex links that we have will be able to fly well enough to get up there when they are grown? That's a good idea about the wire perimeter, and is something that I think I can handle...

Hello! My name is Brendan, and this is my first post. My wife and I have recently decided to get chickens (we have 3 red stars, about 2 weeks old at this point) and I just completed my coop. For my first carpentry project, I think it came out pretty well. All framed out: Made out of mostly...