Replacement brackets for steel coop?

TXChookstead

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Moving neighbors left behind one of those somewhat flimsy steel/chicken wire coops and said we could have it. They had it fairly well secured and fortified in their yard, but while we had it sitting outside our fence in order to move it inside, 80 mph winds sent it tumbling. (D'oh...why did I not take off the shade cloth???)

The steel poles are in mostly good shape, but about half of the brackets holding them together have bent or entirely snapped off. I can't find anywhere online that sells replacement brackets. I'd still like to use it to enclose my flighty Legbars during the day (locked in a proper coop at night). Does anyone have a source for replacement brackets, or a clever work-around?

Here's the aftermath...

Thanks in advance for ideas! :)
 

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Yeah, they don't make those pole structures with very thick material, that's why they're so cheap. You can purchase new brackets for pole structures in some hardware stores and can definitely find them online. Because these lack triangulation I'd maybe triangulate the corners with a cut piece of lumber and use plumber's hanger tape to integrate with the pole structure.
 

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