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  1. CrookedCoopAz

    Chicken Run Foundation Over Hardware Cloth

    Thank you for your input! It's appreciated! To be honest, when we assembled the run, the last thing we thought about was our future snow loads. After discussing with my husband yesterday, I got that blank look, oh crap face. Details matter, and that is one we overlooked. Hard to think about...
  2. CrookedCoopAz

    Chicken Run Foundation Over Hardware Cloth

    This is a fantastic idea for keeping their new run dry. We originally didn't plan to do so, but after reading so many ideas and suggestions we are opting to do it. Our winds start mid fall and don't stop til mid spring. So having something that would hold up in those would be a benefit. As...
  3. CrookedCoopAz

    Chicken Run Foundation Over Hardware Cloth

    Their main coop, my photo on the left will be completely enclosed this weekend. We've had quite a few monsoons with sideways rain and it did get their shavings wet. I would go out a few times during the day and turn it over so everything dried. We are coming into our wintery drizzle season so...
  4. CrookedCoopAz

    Chicken Run Foundation Over Hardware Cloth

    😳 The most we get usually is a few inches in a storm, but if I got more than a few I can see this happening. THIS IS GOOD TO KNOW!!! I will show my hubs this picture. Thank you for the heads up.
  5. CrookedCoopAz

    Chicken Run Foundation Over Hardware Cloth

    Oh boy...my girls don't like to be handled (I got them as young hens, not chicks or pullets) unless its later in evening and now I have to add clipping nails to my list. LOL. I like your composting suggestion. We do have an active compost pile that I put their spent pine shavings in that I...
  6. CrookedCoopAz

    Chicken Run Foundation Over Hardware Cloth

    Being in Arizona, our soil is an interesting mix. Fine dirt mixed with caliche and natural cinder. While we don't get pounded with rain regularly, we do get our fair share of gullywashers. Right now the run performs horribly since we don't have the roof on. Haha. But where it is situated, is...
  7. CrookedCoopAz

    Chicken Run Foundation Over Hardware Cloth

    Thank you for that link! We are about a month out from our typical first snow and this was on my list of things to research. As for your dirt suggestion, we have acres and acres of that so I can easily line it with dirt. My girls have never experienced dirt outside their dirt bath. So I am...
  8. CrookedCoopAz

    Chicken Run Foundation Over Hardware Cloth

    Thank you for your reply! We have trex boards that we will use to box in the inside of the run to create the barrier for the fill. (this weekend's project along with the roof) My husband used metal zip ties to secure the hardware cloth floor (and every where else!) to the bottom frame of the...
  9. CrookedCoopAz

    Chicken Run Foundation Over Hardware Cloth

    Hi all! Newbie here. I have attached two photos of my set up. The initial coop/run (8x10) (photo on left) was inherited as is. We have made some modifications and have a few others in the works to get it where I would like it. It has a hardwood floor that I use pine shavings in at the moment...
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