Cheap Run Ideas for short term?

[onehotchickie]

Hi I've got 3 chickens, all 1 yr old - 2 red sex links and 1 buff orpington - in a 2x4 coop with a 4x4 run underneath. I know, I know, they need more room! I'm scheduled with the handyman to build a run at the end of this month, but they are pecking and de-feathering each other now and I'd really like to give them some kind of more space now but.... last year, they got attacked 3 separate times by dogs. So I'm looking for something cheap and sturdy. Their coop is in the back corner of our yard, nestled in the corner of two fences. Our house is about 20 feet away from the coop. My plan is to fence off between the house and the fence so they'd have a run about, oh 7 feet by 20 feet or so. Any ideas?

 

[AlienChick]

Check CraigsList for folks trying to get rid of those chainlink dog kennels.
They make great secured runs especially when you add some hardware cloth around the lower perimeter.

 

[onehotchickie]

Thanks! Looking now and finding great deals, kicking myself for not thinking of that on my own! What's hardware cloth?