how big does a run need to be?

nccountrygirl

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Hi ya'll, we are almost finished with our coop, and plan to start the run tomorrow. We are going to get 8 girls later on in the week and had thought about 8x 16 and about 6ft high, is that suffecent. We don't want to crowd them but also don't want it so big that we will have a hard time with trying to keep predetors out. We live in the burbs but have seen a red fox in our yard and a possum eating with the yard cats. Any and all help will be a help. Thanks
 
That sounds good.8 is a good number of ladies.I started with 8 rr's.Now im workin on 80....lol.My main concern was predators.They have a 12 by 12 hen house and a outside 8 by 8.It is completely predator proof.2 by 2 welded wire all the way around.Top and bottom is wired.Then I added a old 4 by 8 dog pen that I wired the top of it.I put d/e in that pen specific for dusting.Around the whole perimeter there is just regular chix wire aprox 300 feet of it.They have plenty of room to dance with each other there.
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