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  1. floridagramps

    Predator proofing run - bury hardware cloth or extend it out two feet?

    we built our run to sit atop 4x6 pressure treated timbers underneath which we laid hardware cloth extending outward 18 inches.........see pics on big cyg members page this forum
  2. floridagramps

    8x10 gabled coop with 8x16 A-frame run (lots of pics)

    To see pics of coop and run use the search function in this forum and type in "big cyg members page"
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    8x10 gabled coop with 8x16 A-frame run (lots of pics)

    Just completed our large coop project. Lots of pics on "Big Cyg" member page on this forum. Built an 8x10 coop with extended roof gables , functional shutters, exterior nesting boxes and a Dutch double door for aesthetics. Attached an 8x16 A-frame run that is covered with welded wire. Run sits...
  4. floridagramps

    Comment by 'floridagramps' in article 'Bigcygs Member Page'

    do you have watering can in run?do you feed chickens at dusk? Nice looking coop and run
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    Need close up pics of your run door

    Making a door from 2x4 is relatively simple..........you say your 4x4 posts are 36 inches apart and I'll assume they are 72 inches tall so your door opening in 36x72.............make your gate 35 x 71 with simple butt jointed 2x4s...........that will give you 1/2 inch clearance on all 4 sides of...
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    Ladder type roost or roosting shelf pros and cons

    I am building my first coop for my dau and 3 grandsons in Los Gatos CA this Christmas and know zip although I am learning lots via this great forum. I am building an 8x10 coop for 10 birds and am thinking of a ladder style roosting set up using 2x3s for roosts (thin side up or wide side up?)...
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    triangular shaped chicken run pros and cons

    I am building my first chicken coop and chicken run this month. My thinking is to construct a triangular shaped chicken run using pressure treated 2x4s. Build triangular frames and notch them to support horizontal 2x4s that are 16 feet long. Bottom half will have hardware mesh and the top half...
  8. floridagramps

    Building an above ground run

    I am building an 8x10 coop for 10 birds. I am thinking of building an above ground run 8' x 20' x 2'high. Top enclosed to hamper hawks. Bottom to be some wire mesh that is predator proof and kind to chickens feet. Chickens to have auto access to this run via electric door opener. Would hardware...
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    new coop in process--roof and run questions

    I am retired in Florida but will fly to los gatos CA for Christmas to build my 3 grandsons a deluxe 8x10 chicken coop. We are building wooden stud walls 16"OC and the walls will be 6 feet tall. We are fabricating roof trusses using 2x6s w gussets and collar chords 12 inches above wall height...
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