If you checked out my Bitchute channel, I have three videos that show my various setups. I use galvanized electrical conduit welded together. Then I attach the chicken wire using .032” safety wire. It’s very cheap, relatively, simple as hell to construct and nearly bulletproof. IF I lived in the county and Wile E Coyote was a problem, I’d use 1/4” hardware cloth held down with steel strips and self taping drywall screws.
No, but there is air flow between the boards. I do have an extra large plastic dog crate too, but this looks nicer.
This is a link to my chicken tractor video on Bitchute. I can move it around the yard by myself:
I like your run, that is about the same dimensions i am looking at for my future quail run and garden enclosure! Nice videos!
Similar to mine. This is built with chain link top rails.. 10x10 I can move it by sliding it. In winter here, the tarp is enough. The coldest we were last winter was 8 degrees.
That’s perfect. Probably sturdier than mine as I’ve got some 1/2” conduit in some places. The next ones I build will have hardware cloth close to the ground. I say that because I plan to move to the county and there will be varmets out there. We do have an actual coop but it rarely gets cold enough here to not have it clean completely enclosed, in fact we never have. I can say I haven’t spent more than $300 on chicken buildings. I’ve calculated that the week before I die, I will have saved almost 42 cents by having my own chickens versus buying eggs at Walmart.
I use electric net to keep out varmits. So Far So Good! We have coyotes, bobcats, raccoons and dogs. Deer have knocked it down, Javalina have run screaming from it. It is light and easy to move. I have a metal roofing panel here on the North side of the pen.
But they are great fun, and sometimes I get a little cash from selling eggs to spend on their food, bedding, egg cartons, incubator, etc, etc, and so on!!
