FYI, the one that was linked to earlier (/https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...erjam&utm_medium=affiliate&clickId=2735497527)
This is what my TSC store used to set up their spring chicks, you may not need to do much, other than a possible apron and some way of closing off the gap between panels if raccoons might be reaching into the run. I started with the cheap DIY kennel run, that you have to run the mesh yourself (not the one that comes in pre assembled panels). You'll need to put up some smaller mesh anyway, whether hardware cloth with an apron or dug under, or something like chicken wire, if you don't have real predators. For the "some type of top" I used 1 inch chicken wire, because I don't have big raccoons, plus some critter fence, which is harder to chew through, but you may need the hardware cloth to be safe where you are. I'd overlap it a bit. One final option, with T-posts,is to sleeve them with chain link fence posts of the appropriate size, you can get these much cheaper on craigslist, along with the fittings including nuts, bolts, eye loops, T-clamps, etc. I did that at my previous place and it looked quite good, and was sturdy.
This is what my TSC store used to set up their spring chicks, you may not need to do much, other than a possible apron and some way of closing off the gap between panels if raccoons might be reaching into the run. I started with the cheap DIY kennel run, that you have to run the mesh yourself (not the one that comes in pre assembled panels). You'll need to put up some smaller mesh anyway, whether hardware cloth with an apron or dug under, or something like chicken wire, if you don't have real predators. For the "some type of top" I used 1 inch chicken wire, because I don't have big raccoons, plus some critter fence, which is harder to chew through, but you may need the hardware cloth to be safe where you are. I'd overlap it a bit. One final option, with T-posts,is to sleeve them with chain link fence posts of the appropriate size, you can get these much cheaper on craigslist, along with the fittings including nuts, bolts, eye loops, T-clamps, etc. I did that at my previous place and it looked quite good, and was sturdy.