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Thank you! GREAT suggestions, I think I'll go with all of your advice!

Thank you! Great advice. I am thinking of making a smaller "inner run" that is totally predator proof, so that they'll always have access to a run even if we are away, and keeping the big run as a space they can be in during the day while we are home. I want them to have plenty of space without...

Thank you so much for these great ideas! I'm going to look into those wooden posts- they look like the solution. I'll do chicken wire for the roof and run an electric wire to keep the raccoons out. I really want these girls to have a large, safe run, but it's been pretty challenging finding the...

Thank you for your reply! Our flock is currently 12 hens, and yes, adding the hardware cloth over the roof of a run of this size would double the cost. We have two coops: one is good for about 3-5 birds and the other will house up to 12. Both are inside the run and can be predator-proofed...

Thanks for your reply! Right now we have T- bar fence posts rather than wooden framing, that we are planning to use with hardware cloth to create the run enclosure. We have a fence gate that can be opened to go in and out of the enclosed area, which we'll get a lock for. I am wondering if using...

Thanks for your reply. Curious what material your roof is made of?

Good points. I will definitely have someone refilling their food and water, but most likely won't be able to have someone come over at night and morning to let them in and out. I'm thinking (based on some other posts I've read) that if the run is predator-proof I can let them come in and out of...

We are in the process of building a new run (we live on a fenced acre in a rural area) and our biggest predator concerns are raccoons and hawks/eagles. Our run is about 50 ft by 25 ft and we have two coops inside of it. Our plan is to predator-proof the run so that when we go on the occasional...

Thank you everyone for your helpful input! Today I emptied the coop and treated it for mites while my chickens roamed the backyard. They all went immediately to an empty garden bed to bathe in the dirt, then nested there for the afternoon, which leads me to believe even further in the...

Teila, thank you for your response. I am looking at some holistic remedies for mites now... perhaps this is the problem. We are vigilant about rodents, and have an eco-friendly pest control company at our place once a month to refill bait stations, so I'm not sure they would be making it into...

In response to Jimbob86- I'm not sure what you mean... can you please explain? Thanks!

Just looking for some new ideas here... one of our hens who is about 16 months old, has recently started leaving the run at night to roost elsewhere and returning in the morning. The problem is that we have a small back yard and live in a city, and she leaves our backyard. We've searched high...