30$ 7ft chicken run!

[tiny1985]

That hung is cool

 

[carinthecity]

How did you close off the end? Also, did you put some kind of door in so you could go in and clean it up?

 

[tatsmom25]

I like this idea. We've spent around $400 on our main coup so far. This would be great for the second or third run I've been afraid to tell my husband I would like.

 

[mommyoftwo]

That is so cool. How is it holding up? Do you have bad winters with lots of snow? I wondering how the PVC will hold up to snow and a winter or two.

 

[Newlove]

What a great idea I've been wanting a bigger run for when I can't let the ladies out, wasn't sure how I was going to not only build but afford it... This looks great I am off to the shops in the morning

 

[mommycakes83]

PVC

That is so cool. How is it holding up? Do you have bad winters with lots of snow? I wondering how the PVC will hold up to snow and a winter or two.

is doing well. It's very shaded and honeysuckle is beginning to grow over the run, so I think it will hold up nicely!

 

[mommycakes83]

How did you close off the end?  Also, did you put some kind of door in so you could go in and clean it up?

 

We used a tarp on the nesting box side and cut lattice/ trellis out for a door. I can climb in and get it clean fairly easy.

 

[16 paws]

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

Beautiful job, where do you get the wire panels and how much are they?

 

[mommyoftwo]

How wide is this? I have a spot that 10 ft wide by 24 feet long that I want to put their run it. Bug my spot is mostly sunny. What other plants could grow on it? I would love maybe so fruit or something so I could eat them while perviding shade. Grapes maybe? And I have left over goat fence that holes are 2 by 4 but the chicken are inside a wooden fence that has cement around the edges so I'm not worried about critter a. Do you think this would hold up?

 

[mommyoftwo]

And do u think it could be made smaller? Maybe only 3 ft high by 4 feet wide to attach to a tractor? Or been used for chicks during the day or bunnies?