My son's coop...now on to the run

[iamamy]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a run for my sons chickens. He has just finished his coop, and needs to get his run built.

 

[Hegatha]

Wow I love that coop

as far as the run are you wanting to know what materials and wire to use?

 

[mcjessen]

OMGosh! that's beautiful! What a great job he did. What kind of suggestions are you looking for?

I would make the run as tall as the building, attach it to wherever the pop door is and make sure its predator proof.

 

[zengrrl]

Well he's done an amazing job so far, truly thats one helluva coop!

 

[7L Farm]

Wow really nice!!! How big is that jewel. I'm also building my run right now. I'm using half inch hardware cloth & will put a 2 foot apron around the entire coop & run. I'm also gonna add a tower on the top. I decided on the tower after I had buried the 4x4's. Now, I'm gonna add another 4x4 adjacent to the short one & go from there.

 

[Kudzu]

Your son has a bright future; coop is one of the best, great job.

 

[obaan1]

I only have daughters. Can I adopt him and the coop?

 

[iamamy]

Thanks for all the nice comments. He is a great kid. For his FFA project (Animal Science class), he researched, designed, and funded 1/2 of this building. But... he hired a fella to help him with the construction. He didn't have the construction knowledge, and we didn't either, but he learned a great deal from working with him. It was expensive, but he is extremely proud of it!! He still has a to get a run built, but he couldn't wait any longer to buy some chicks. Now we just have to figure out what some of his chicks are...

 

[dkvart1]

Wow! That's bigger than some guest houses and nicer looking too! What a great job!

 

[turtlebird]

WOW! That's a nice coop! Great job

Covered runs are really nice, if possible. Otherwise, I used 2x4 welded wire. Overlap the bottom with hardware cloth/heavy gauge chicken wire, 2 feet high and also buried 2 feet deep. At least 10 sq ft/chicken, more if you can spare it. Again, great job!