dog kennel attachment

[cannsyl]

So I'm planning on building a hen house and attaching it to my dog kennel as a run. I'm wondering how others attached their houses to the kennels? Did you cut a hole in the chain link? Did you just bend the wires? Seems that would be difficult. Not sure how to have my hen house pop door open into the kennel/run.

 

[StevenKarin]

I would take the end panel of the run off. Purchase 2 posts and set them on each side of the coop. Streach new fabric from the open end of the run to the new posts next to the coop.

 

[cannsyl]

It's like one sheet of chain link stretched around the frame. So I can't take off none end. I think I'm going to have to cut a hole and frame it. Has anyone else done that?

 

[cannsyl]

I also scored so wood laminate flooring today. I have 3 boxes of it, anyone ever use wood laminate for a hen house floor? Of course I would cover it with shavings but I thought it would be easy to clean.

 

[Pork Pie]

I also scored so wood laminate flooring today. I have 3 boxes of it, anyone ever use wood laminate for a hen house floor? Of course I would cover it with shavings but I thought it would be easy to clean.

It maybe ok at first, but you would need a thick layer of shavings. Don't you think that over time it would get wet and begin to rot?

I have a mini-coop that i made from pvc tubing and i cut a door and framed it. If fit this to a run, which is open at one end, which i fit next to the mini-coop to mum and chicks can get a bit of exercise during the chicks' first 2 weeks or so.

 

[cannsyl]

I thought about rot, but lots of people seem to just use plywood...seems like they would have the same issue right? Maybe I can weather proof it and that would help it last? Just going through ideas for the moment...

 

[Pork Pie]

I thought about rot, but lots of people seem to just use plywood...seems like they would have the same issue right? Maybe I can weather proof it and that would help it last? Just going through ideas for the moment...

There's no reason why you should not give it a go and weatherproofing would help extend its life-span.

 

[Mike L]

It will be ok for a while. Wood being wood will do what wood does in time. The new all vinyl plastic type would last a long long time. I’m looking to floor my coop with it this year sometime when I find some clearance at work for cheap. Likely turn into a complete coop rebuild tho, lol!!!

 

[NatJ]

It will be ok for a while. Wood being wood will do what wood does in time. The new all vinyl plastic type would last a long long time. I’m looking to floor my coop with it this year sometime when I find some clearance at work for cheap. Likely turn into a complete coop rebuild tho, lol!!!

This thread is 5 years old, so the original poster probably finished their coop a long time ago.

Lots of old threads have been popping up lately, so we're all having to learn to look at the dates before posting

 

[Mike L]

This thread is 5 years old, so the original poster probably finished their coop a long time ago.

Lots of old threads have been popping up lately, so we're all having to learn to look at the dates before posting

Yep I realized that pretty fast after I posted hehehe
Still could be a help tho to someone