30$ 7ft chicken run!

[mommycakes83]

I used PVC pipe, free pallets, and zip ties along with some screws and brackets. We are building nesting boxes on part of the frame and a thick PVC chicken feeder on the other. Ill post final pics soon. Very simple design

 

[happyclucker]

Good job!

 

[mommycakes83]

I bet they would love it if I grew raspberry and blueberry along the sides! They could indulge without killing the bushes... Genius!

 

[rlh1]

What size and length of PVC did you use? How,did you get it to bend so far? This is what I need to do in my back yard. I love how yours looks!
Ricki

 

[mommycakes83]

What size and length of PVC did you use? How,did you get it to bend so far? This is what I need to do in my back yard. I love how yours looks!
Ricki

1/2 inch PVC and the runners are 7ft long and 4 ft wide. We stapled the chick wire and zip tied it together and to the PVC. Ill post a few more pics of it today

 

[mommycakes83]

The PVC was 10ft (4 pieces) to make enough height for me to move around inside.

 

[nova022]

That looks nice. We did the same thing, but covered it with plasic and used it as a greenhouse to get an early start on veggies. It worked like a charm.

 

[rlh1]

Thank you. Did you have to do anything special to get the bend? It didn't seem to want to bend that far at the store...

 

[Larrickchick]

Like this! We need to design and build a run and this looks like something I could handle!

 

[MidsummerNight]

O.O this is great. I needed to see this. Omg. Awesomely simple.