Anyone Made a Coop out of PVC Pipe etc?

[ClareDB]

I'm looking into making a coop out of PVC pipe and Old plastic Fertiliser bins and hopefully adding wheels to make it moveable, Has anyone on this site had any luck or tips for making something like this? I'm thinking chicken mesh on all sides but not sure if I could use it on the floor to stop Foxes digging under it at night (they are a real problem here) or will it make it hard to move on grass?

 

[Cyprus]

@aart may be of use

Don't use chicken mesh. It keeps chickens in and nothing out.

 

[aart]

Old plastic Fertiliser bins

What are these....would you post pics and give dimensions?

I'm thinking chicken mesh on all sides but not sure if I could use it on the floor to stop Foxes digging under it at night (they are a real problem here) or will it make it hard to move on grass?

If 'chicken mesh' is the typical 23ga wire twisted into hexagonal holes, that won't likely keep foxes out.

Putting mesh on the floor will make it harder to move and is also not good for chicken feet when they try to scratch the ground.

 

[ClareDB]

What are these....would you post pics and give dimensions?

If 'chicken mesh' is the typical 23ga wire twisted into hexagonal holes, that won't likely keep foxes out.

Putting mesh on the floor will make it harder to move and is also not good for chicken feet when they try to scratch the ground.

I’ve got heaps of foxes and chicken mesh all around my fixed coop and they’ve never gotten anything though. I’d let the out to scratch most days.