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    The ATF Chicken Dome - Creating an easily movable run enclosure for our chickens

    We had our tunnels setup so that they could be moved with our geodesic dome. In order for them run of tunnels to flex with this movement, we had to have a small amount of gap between the tunnel pieces. Sometimes when we would move the tunnel, we would fail to tighten up the gaps by compressing...
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    The ATF Chicken Dome - Creating an easily movable run enclosure for our chickens

    Here is an interesting DIY version that I bookmarked when I was investigating what to build. While I wanted to build this, time was not available so I went with the quickest option. This looks like fun to build - http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Automatic-Chicken-Coop-Door/ I would...
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    The ATF Chicken Dome - Creating an easily movable run enclosure for our chickens

    I am not unfortunately. My time available for following forums is limited and honestly, I have not had many situations where I could not find my answer my just searching, lol. Regarding cold weather access. One thing that I had considered doing was making tarps that would go over the...
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    The ATF Chicken Dome - Creating an easily movable run enclosure for our chickens

    I should also note that in some of the photos you will notice a finer mesh wire that I first tried called hardware cloth. I would not recommend using this for this type of tunnel as the grass really gets tangled in the mesh and makes the tunnel hard to move.
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    The ATF Chicken Dome - Creating an easily movable run enclosure for our chickens

    Apologies for not posting sooner on your question. I used a roll of this material from Home Depot - http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-4-ft-x-100-ft-Steel-Welded-Wire-308312EB/205960859 - Everbilt 4 ft. x 100 ft. Steel Welded Wire. Description says it is 14G which seems about right. One...
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    Greetings from the Accidental Turkey Farm!

    This is awesome! I will be sure to submit some of my shots!
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    Greetings from the Accidental Turkey Farm!

    Thank you! :)
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    Greetings from the Accidental Turkey Farm!

    It is a photograph. I love doing crazy stuff with photos. You can check out some of my other photos here - https://instagram.com/tmgstudio/ Thanks for the welcome!
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    Greetings from the Accidental Turkey Farm!

    Greetings BYC community! Following the recommendation from my new member message, I am here to say hello from all of us at The Accidental Turkey Farm in Nashville, TN I have created my first post - The ATF Chicken Dome. We are a family working toward building a 1.5 acre homestead here in...
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    Chicken Tunnel - Need Dimension Advice

    I just posted this in response to this thread. Was going to post as a reply, but thought it better to just make a new thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1024739/the-atf-chicken-dome-creating-an-easily-movable-run-enclosure-for-our-chickens
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    The ATF Chicken Dome - Creating an easily movable run enclosure for our chickens

    The ATF The Chicken Dome We needed a moveable coop solution for our girls (and boy) and did not think a traditional chicken tractor was big enough for 12 chickens and we have a large yard, so we invested in a 16' geodesic dome from Zip Tie Domes ($420). I highly recommend the kits that John...
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