Large Run Plans

[Jessdesk]

Does anyone have any large run plans, walk in, and fully enclosed?

My husband doesn't want a pertinent structure, but it could be hard to build the walls amd assemble with no driven posts. What are your thoughts?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Here are pictures and plans for my 8 foot by 12 foot run.

 

[Jessdesk]

Why thank you! How hefty are tour winds? Do you have any issues with wind?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I’m in middlesex county NJ. The winds usually aren’t too bad. I used 2X4s for all the wall panels.

 

[Krazyquilts]

Does anyone have any large run plans, walk in, and fully enclosed?

My husband doesn't want a pertinent structure, but it could be hard to build the walls amd assemble with no driven posts. What are your thoughts?

Why doesn't he want a permanent structure?

 

[Jessdesk]

Because the chickens are my daughter's and he thinks it won't be a long-term thing... or he hopes it's not, lol.

Too bad for him, I like the chickens.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

The run & coop in the plans is panelized in case I had to take it down, which I did. Had to rehome my flock. Hens went to my close family friend and she bought the run to attach to her new coop. It took 1-1.5 hours to put up with 3 people.

 

[Krazyquilts]

The run & coop in the plans is panelized in case I had to take it down, which I did. Had to rehome my flock. Hens went to my close family friend and she bought the run to attach to her new coop. It took 1-1.5 hours to put up with 3 people.

A panelized run is exactly what I was going to suggest. That's what we did for our ducks when we lived in town and when we moved to our farm this summer, it took an afternoon to disassemble it and now we can re-use the panels for another pen(s).

 

[Jessdesk]

So does it require posts cemented into the ground?

 

[Jessdesk]

PS, I am making the ruin about 24' x 23', so pretty large area.