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Ok, well, let me rephrase it then... wouldn't it be great for the chickens, since they will (evidently) be shut into the coop at night, to have a PART OF THE COOP (since you don't want to call it a run ) that was basically open-air and sunshine, but just as well protected as the...
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But in an ideal world, even if you have that wouldn't it be great to ALSO have a run TOO? So that when it's not safe for the birds to be just wandering loose (e.g. having a predator or fence problem that day) they can still be more or less out in the fresh air. Also lets you lock them...
As for height, I'd say 'tall enough for you to walk around without bumping your head'. Seriously
The only disadvantage I can see to a soccer-goal net (or deer netting, or fruit-tree netting, etc) is that a fox or raccoon that climbs up your fence will probably have little trouble chewing...