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    Run Size: How big is too big, Diminishing returns, cost analysis, roofs

    Hello everyone. I have 2 chicken runs, one is 500 sq ft and the other is 3000 sq ft. The small run: Welded wire+chicken wire walls, 4x4 posts, 2x4x16 boards going across, a chicken wire roof. It cost about $400 to get together The big run: Welded wire+chicken wire walls, same posts, same...
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    Unforseen consequences of using a coop like this?

    This is what I used for my first run. I wanna do this again but this time have the chicken wire on the inside of the welded wire. Fully enclosed, roofed, 2900 sq ft. But we didn't dig this time! Which means we have to make up for it by stacking a couple tons of big rocks up against the...
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    Unforseen consequences of using a coop like this?

    Hopefully the future chicken wire roof on the run keeps out the hawks and stuff
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    Unforseen consequences of using a coop like this?

    Thank you! Yeah, we're adding a door in the front and just a couple 2x4x8s and a tarp in the back.
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    Unforseen consequences of using a coop like this?

    Let's see, it's 12x16, Soo, 19 Bresse. We wanna give them a lot of space.
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    Unforseen consequences of using a coop like this?

    Inner view
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    Unforseen consequences of using a coop like this?

    Hello, my first coop was a proper building with insulation, built in nesting boxes, and a little chicken door. It was also $1700. For our meat birds, we thought we might go a little cheaper. We saw an old article from a chicken farmer who uses cattle panels and tarp. We're planning to put tarp...
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    New Bresse farmer!

    Loving your energy, chick-n-fun This here is a more natural style coop for our hardier birds, we still aren't done building it
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    New Bresse farmer!

    Our cautious but optimistic fencing
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    New Bresse farmer!

    Hey BYC I'm a new chicken owner, planning to have about 100 of these French cooking birds running around the farm, nice to meet you My project is cross breeding the tastiest meat birds and seeing if the hybrids taste awesome I want to have Sussex and Dorking too Right now the babies have...
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