I knew you had building plans - exciting that it will start soon. Willing to bet you will finish before I finish The Chicken Palace (you are more organized than I am I suspect!)I've been planning a big, covered chicken run. One day it will house a new open coop with roosts. For now, it will prevent wildbirds from eating chicken food and perhaps discourage the local hawks from attacking.
The tradies are going to build it for me early November.
It's a big U shape. That way I can easily partition into different sections if needs be.
The jacaranda is within the U, so there will be some natural shade and cover as it grows. The old tables and little coop will also give shade and cover. The little coop and old laundry basket will provide two large nests. In time it will be paved 1m deep all around so digging pests and predators can't get in.
Here's a very rough sketch, not to scale.
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