hardware cloth and chicken wire?

[mowin]

Here's the door frame. I then added the angled 2x4 that's in the previous pic.

 

[rosemarythyme]

For 6 birds a minimum of 60 sq ft, more if you can manage it.

Chicken wire on top is an option, it's not going to be as strong as some other materials but it'd definitely keep out birds of prey and at least deter other predators. Whether or not that's the best option for you depends on budget, predator load, and tolerance for loss.

 

[Cryss]

Never use chicken wire for predator protection. Rats snakes mice can crawl through and they all can climb. Raccoons can rip it. It is made to be used to separate chickens from various things like other flocks in the same protected run, the feed storage room at the end of the walk in coop, plants growing in the run so they don’t destroy the roots but can nibble flowers leaves and fruits from them.

 

[Fluffyflufffluff]

Can i build a run with hardware cloth on the bottom (as it comes 50 feet long, 4 tall) and then chicken wire over the "cieling" plus the remaining foot-ish between the top of hardware cloth and the "cieling"? I plan on adding some shade features to the cieling. Also what size run for 6 leghorns if they leave their run a few hours a day and have a 1/2 acre to roam when "free" ?

Installing chicken wire costs approximately. 50-$ 3.50 p.m. The cost of barbed wire fence is built at about $1 to $3 per foot. A chain link fence has a cost of installing about $10 to $25 per foot.

 

[aart]

Installing chicken wire costs approximately. 50-$ 3.50 p.m. The cost of barbed wire fence is built at about $1 to $3 per foot. A chain link fence has a cost of installing about $10 to $25 per foot.

Where do you come up with this stuff?
These numbers don't apply with no heights given,
costs can vary greatly with locale...
...and no one uses barbed wire to keep chickens safe.