Organic materials - For the roofed run it's a deep DRY bedding system consisting of arborist wood chips and pine shavings bedding - it stays dry and I add material several times per year. In the exterior run I keep the ground moist as a deep moist litter system, using arborist wood chips...
For function and aesthetics, I'd move the wood pile and make a big square where it's located. Gonna have to move it anyway to cut it up for burning, might as well make it a group project and both of you knock it out in a few hours.
I like the idea! Take that you grubby Trash Pandas!
However, the door looks within 2ft of the ground and you can probably even eliminate the ramp and daily disarming of booby traps to let out the chickens safely. I got rid of my ramps a year ago and added branch ladders instead; the lowest one...
I integrated two nest options in my coop. One set of 3 is inside the enclosed coop and basically never gets used, just like the coop since they prefer to sleep in the run :hmm; the other set of 3 is underneath the coop floor accessible from the attached run just like their food and water is...
FYI - 1/4" HC is thinner gauge than 1/2" and will rot away faster if used as anti-dig skirting against the ground. It will also collect feathers and dust faster than 1/2".
If you got 48" fencing, I'd bend it at 18-24" which is plenty of length of an anti-dig skirt. If you're only doing the...
Those typical puzzle-together gym floor mats are made of EVA foam, not rubber. I've used that material for making cosplay weapons and it's not a very tough material - I'd guess chickens could peck off chunks of it. If you want a real rubber mat, look for a horse stall mat, they're made to hold...
I used chicken wire for my overhead protection. Some people have predators that may fit through the holes, but I don't and IMO it's a plenty strong fencing type for overhead protection. I used bamboo poles to support the fencing as we have bamboo on our property.
Looking at your structure I'd...
If you're using pre-fab items like the pictured coop and run, it's probably easiest to level out using supports underneath the framing - such as cement blocks or PT lumber/rail ties, etc. and then using your hardware cloth skirting/lower wall protection to fill in any gaps. The ground inside...
I just googled that DuraMax shed and it looks like the foundation is part of the kit, and is attached to it with fasteners. You may want to watch the videos to see how to remove without disassembling the whole thing
Most of my property is sloped like that too, but I put our coop at the bottom of the hill where it's less sloped. I chose to use cinder block foundation so I could both terrace/step the overall design, as well as excavate the high-side and build-up the low-side (my coop build is linked under my...
Looks like creeping charlie, I've got it everywhere in my yard, chickens seem fine. All of what's in your pic will be gone in a short while once you give them access to the area.
To find the hypotenuse of your overhead triangle, it's Rise(^2) x Run(^2) = Hypotenuse(^2). For a 2ft rise across 24ft length, you're looking at 24.34 ft long fencing overhead. A 25x25 sheet of netting should technically work, but won't be much extra material to play with.
I think it's...
How much height are you looking to add inside? I have 6ft exterior fencing and found it adequate to just keep the overhead netting mostly flat. I'm 5'10" and have to stoop a tad, but it's not like I hang out inside the run much and I'm not actually having to bend over for like you would with...
To me, installing HC is similar to installing window screen or stretching a canvas, or welding thin sheet metal - it's an art form of it's own and basically you can't just go at larger expanses without a plan, or it will likely wrinkle/warp like you experienced. If you start only in one corner...