- Feb 5, 2009
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Okay, so my wonderful husband went and picked up a great giant hutch for my chickens. Its really (really) heavy, and was just sitting on the trailer waiting for strong men or a tractor to lift it down. Today he and his Father-in-law got it down on the ground for me.
But here is my dilemma. It used to be a rabbit hutch- but it is 8 x6 foot, and looks more like a shed on stilts. It is about 10 feet tall, 4 or so which is the legs. They just put it on the ground without digging holes for the legs. Instead of the obvious choice of digging holes to put the legs in- my DH wants to use a jack to lift it up and cut the legs shorter. Its pretty heavy and I'm pretty sure it will not tip. The legs are really thick.
So, should I have him cut the legs to 3 feet tall or 2 feet tall, I'm going to use the area underneath as part of the run. I'm going to have a couple standard chickens, and some bantams. I thought 2 feet would be good so I could use 3 ft hardware cloth and bury the bottom foot horizontally. Is two feet enough room for the chickens to comfortably run around under there?
Sorry this is so long.
But here is my dilemma. It used to be a rabbit hutch- but it is 8 x6 foot, and looks more like a shed on stilts. It is about 10 feet tall, 4 or so which is the legs. They just put it on the ground without digging holes for the legs. Instead of the obvious choice of digging holes to put the legs in- my DH wants to use a jack to lift it up and cut the legs shorter. Its pretty heavy and I'm pretty sure it will not tip. The legs are really thick.
So, should I have him cut the legs to 3 feet tall or 2 feet tall, I'm going to use the area underneath as part of the run. I'm going to have a couple standard chickens, and some bantams. I thought 2 feet would be good so I could use 3 ft hardware cloth and bury the bottom foot horizontally. Is two feet enough room for the chickens to comfortably run around under there?
Sorry this is so long.