Chicken pen question

Southern28Chick

Flew The Coop
12 Years
Apr 16, 2007
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I have a 40'x50' dog pen with 6' tall chain link walls. My husband has built me a 6'x6' chicken house inside the pen. I'm expecting my 25 chicks on May 2cd. Here's my question, can the chickens (when full grown) jump/fly over the top of the 6' tall pen?

We're going to build a run off the side of their house that would be completely surrounded by chicken wire for night time so the coons and all can't get em, but I have 4 huge male cats that stay outside during the day and they eat squirrels so I'm sure they can take down a chicken that jumps the fence.

It would cost a fortune to cover the top of a 40'x50' pen, any suggestions?

Also how do you post pictures so I can show y'all pics of my new hen house.
 
I had 4 foot tall fence and recently made it 6 feet tall. The hens were flying out even though I clipped their flight feathers. The 6 foot fence is keeping them in. I use game bird top flight netting to cover my run. I'd love to see pics. Go to photobucket.com and they will take care of you... it is free.
 
Ok I'm going to attempt to post pictures!
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